"The genius which runs to madness is no…" — Otto Weininger
"The genius which runs to madness is no longer genius."
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16 Quotes by Otto Weininger
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There are transitional forms between the metals and non-metals; between chemical combinations and simple mixtures, between animals and plants, between…
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics,…
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The decision must be made between Judaism and Christianity, between business and culture, between male and female, between the race…
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Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not…
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A genius has perhaps scarcely ever appeared amongst the negroes, and the standard of their morality is almost universally so…
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Mankind occurs as male or female, as something or nothing. Woman has no share in ontological reality, no relation to…
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The Jew is an inborn Communist.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why…
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Sending children away to get control of their anger perpetuates the feeling of 'badness" inside them...Chances are they were already…
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Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.
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Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life.…
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More Genius Quotes
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Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
— Pietro Aretino
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
— Pietro Aretino
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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
— Aristotle
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There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium…
— Antonin Artaud
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Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow…
— Charles Babbage
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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
— Francis Bacon
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Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much…
— Francis Bacon
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From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not…
— Honore de Balzac
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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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