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Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
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I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
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Men of genius are so few that they ought to atone for their fewness by being at any rate ubiquitous.
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You must have no dependence on your own genius. If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency.
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Born:
August 24, 1872
Died:
May 20, 1956
(aged 83)
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