Cesare Lombroso

(1835–1909) Physician

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Cesare Lombroso was a physician, best known for The Man of Genius..

Quick Facts About Cesare Lombroso

Born: November 6, 1835
Died: October 19, 1909
Profession: Physician
Notable works: The Man of Genius.

About Cesare Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso was an Italian eugenicist, criminologist, phrenologist, physician, and founder of the Italian school of criminology. He is considered the founder of modern criminology by changing the Western notions of individual responsibility.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Cesare Lombroso

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities

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Appearance

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The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand

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Adore

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Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant…

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Knows

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Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.

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Genius

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Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready…

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Crowds

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God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

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Forgetful

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Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses

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Exception

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It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which…

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Analysis

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