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Great Genius Quotes

Heinrich Heine quote: "Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius,..."
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction. Heinrich Heine
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Great geniuses have the shortest biographies."
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. Ralph Waldo Emerson
But how? Genius in the Sperm Whale? Has the Sperm Whale ever written a book, spoken a speech? No, his great genius is declared in his doing nothing particular to prove it. It is moreover declared in his pyramidical silence. (Moby Dick Chapter lxxix p345) Herman Melville
Pierre Beaumarchais quote: "Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a..."
Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more. Pierre Beaumarchais
When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."[Thoughts on Various Subjects] Jonathan Swift
Mark Twain quote: "My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine...."
My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water. Mark Twain
To those great geniuses now in petticoats, who shall write novels for the beloved reader's children, these men and things will be as much legend and history as Nineveh, or Coeur de Lion, or Jack Sheppard. William Makepeace Thackeray
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves tomankind, which are delivered down from generation togeneration as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn Joseph Addison
I'd learned enough from life's experiences to understand that destiny's interventions can sometimes be read as invitation for us to address and even surmount our biggest fears. It doesn't take a great genius to recognize that when you are pushed by circumstance to do the one thing you have always most specifically loathed and feared, this can be, at the very least, an interesting growth opportunity. Elizabeth Gilbert
I don't want to compare myself to him - I don't want people to see me as this great genius - but when I see Charlie Chaplin's movies there is a combination of drama, naivety and social meaning that I can see in myself, at a different level. Michel Gondry
Marilyn French quote: "My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -..."
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine - everybody drinks water. Marilyn French
Matthew Sweet quote: "I figured if the plane goes down, I'll go with a great genius..."
I figured if the plane goes down, I'll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his. Matthew Sweet
Cesare Lombroso quote: "The appearance of a single great genius is more than..."
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities. Cesare Lombroso
Seneca quote: "No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness."
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "There is no great genius without some touch of madness."
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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