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Genius Quotes by Alexander Pope
- Consult the genius of the place, that paints as you plant, and as you work.
- Genius creates, and taste preserves.
- I believe it is no wrong Observation, that Persons of Genius, and those who are most capable of Art, are always fond of Nature, as…
- To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,…
- Consult the Genius of the Place in all.
- Persons of genius, and those who are most capable of art, are always most fond of nature: as such are chiefly sensible, that all art…
- Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
- One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.
- To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart
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- Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius… — Charles Babbage
- If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope… — Joseph Addison
- The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. — Samuel Johnson
- 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