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“Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.” quote by William Gilmore Simms — Download Open image

“Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.”

William Gilmore Simms

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Distinction is an eminence that is attained but too frequently at the expense of a fireside.

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Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as air, may be tomorrow's legislation-for better or for worse.

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Ambition is frequently the only refuge which life has left to the denied or mortified affections. We chide at the grasping eye, the daring…

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The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

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Better that we should err in action than wholly refuse to perform. The storm is so much better than the calm, as it declares…

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He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

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What we call vice in our neighbor may be nothing less than a crude virtue. To him who knows nothing more of precious stones…

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