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Too often we forget that genius, too, depends upon the data within its reach, that even Archimedes could not have devised Edison's inventions. We also forget that genius is not genius all the time, although it is superior all the time.
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Reading to most people, means an ashamed way of killing time disguised under a dignified name.
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Very busy people always find time for everything.
Conversely, people with immense leisure find time for nothing.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
1866
Died:
1954
(aged 88)
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