Genius Quotes

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There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it… — Andre Gide
There is no so wretched and coarse a soul wherein some particular faculty is not seen to shine. — Michel de Montaigne
Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and baffled by trivial… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why. — William Hazlitt
Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is. — James Russell Lowell
Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred. — Jules Renard
There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse. — John Boyle O'Reilly
Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers. — Maxim Gorky
We love and understand talent; we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for the world to catch up. — John Donne
He whose genius appears deepest and truest excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he throws out occasionally a lucky hint at… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor; it is the one thing that cannot be learned from others; and it… — Aristotle
Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed… — Seneca the Younger
Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony, perfection, imagination, purity,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was genius. — Jim Croce
This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call it-of afternoon tea...the… — George Gissing
Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. — May Sarton

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