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Genius
«The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.»
Author: Arthur Koestler
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Genius
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frontiers, mark, New Frontier, opening, openings, originality, perfection, principle
«The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.»
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
(Critic, Editor, Poet, Writer)
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Genius
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genius, incompleteness, preferring, prefers, saying, shuddered, shuddering, shudders, silence, the true, usually
«The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents to him;»
Author: Guillaume Thomas Raynal
(Writer)
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Genius,
Intelligence
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accidentally, advantages, anticipates, chance upon, employs, explores, former, frequently, hits, latter, presents
«The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich genius are: contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory»
«The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.»
«The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.»
Author: Aldous Huxley
(Critic, Novelist)
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40th birthday,
Enthusiasm,
Genius
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losing, old age
«The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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Genius,
Honor
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honor, tragic
«Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught»