Genius Quotes

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There are still to be found , or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though dismembered… — Alexander Hamilton
The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though not… — Alexander Hamilton
These examples, though as unfit for the imitation, as they are repugnant to the genius of America, are notwithstanding . . . very instructive proofs… — James Madison
The genius of the people will ill brook the inquisitive and preemptory spirit of excise laws. — Alexander Hamilton
In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one,… — Maurice Maeterlinck
The linguistic clumsiness of tourists and students might be the price we pay for the linguistic genius we displayed as babies, just as the decrepitude… — Steven Pinker
People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on… — Donald Knuth
The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life. — Friedrich Schiller
Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think… — Remy de Gourmont
True lovers earn their genius in schools of blood, prophecy and dust. — Aberjhani
Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in… — William J. Brennan
A renowned genius once asked a student, "What are you watching when you sit on a hillside in the late afternoon as the colors turn… — Jeremy Kagan
It may be said that the power of preventing bad laws includes that of preventing good ones; and may be used to the one purpose… — Alexander Hamilton
The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should be derived from the people; but, that those… — James Madison
The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican? It is evident that no other… — James Madison
Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those… — Hannah More
Art is a jealous mistress; and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time. — Elbert Hubbard
As it must not, so genius cannot be lawless; for it is even that constitutes its genius - the power of acting creatively under laws… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to… — John C. Maxwell
That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the ordinary! Brillliant me like Reed… — Garrison Keillor
Try to begin things you feel you can do. To begin is enough-there is a boldness in beginning. And in boldness lies genius and magic. — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
Sticking to it is the genius. — Thomas A. Edison

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