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“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.”
Oscar Wilde
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.”
Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
“Genius is eternal patience.”
Michelangelo
“Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.”
Albert Einstein
“Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.”
Charles Peguy
“Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it”
“There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.”
Victor Hugo
