"Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness." — Michel de Montaigne

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• Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
• I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
• There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
• There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium… — Antonin Artaud
• Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to… — Wystan Hugh Auden
• Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. — Marcus Aurelius
• Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow… — Charles Babbage
• The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. — Francis Bacon
• Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much… — Francis Bacon
• From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic… — Mikhail Bakunin
• The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not… — Honore de Balzac
• Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may… — George Matthew Adams

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