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- He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
- Johann Kaspar Lavater
- Whereas in art nothing worth doing can be done without genius, in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
- Johann Kaspar Lavater
- The finest piece of mechanism in all the universe is the brain of man. The wise person develops his brain, and opens his mind to the genius and spirit of the world's great ideas. He will feel inspired with the purest and noblest thoughts that have ever animated the spirit of humanity.
- Alfred A. Montapert
- In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous.
- Robert G. Ingersoll
- So few people think. When we find one who really does, we call him a genius
- Author Unknown
- Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he is never really in holiday mood, even though he often plucks flowers by the wayside and ties them into knots and garlands like little children and lays out on a sunny morning.
- W. B. Yeats
- Genius might well be defined as the ability to makes a platitude sound as though it were an original remark.
- L. B. Walton
- When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
- Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
- Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
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