Cesare Lombroso Quotes

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The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.

Cesare Lombroso

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

Cesare Lombroso

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, "God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows."

Cesare Lombroso

"Lawsuit mania"… a continual craving to go to law against others, while considering themselves the injured party.

Cesare Lombroso

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

Cesare Lombroso

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

Cesare Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso

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Born: November 6, 1835

Died: October 19, 1909 (aged 73)

Bio: Cesare Lombroso was an Italian criminologist and physician, founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology, often referred to as the father of criminology.

Known for:

The female offender
The Man Of Genius (1891)
Crime, its causes and remedies

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