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genius reason highest
The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason. Charles Caleb Colton
genius literature nodding
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
genius literature may
The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.
genius talent particular
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.
genius eccentricity
Eccentricities of genius. Charles Dickens
genius talent persons
Genius is the talent of a person who is dead. Edmond de Goncourt
genius world selfless
For a genius to be a genius, he must have a selfless slave between himself and the world. Dawn Powell
genius littles purpose
For the purposes of life and conduct, and society, a little good sense is surely better than all this genius, and a little good humour than this extreme sensibility. David Hume
genius inheritance wealth
the possession of wealth, and especially the inheritance of wealth, seems almost invariably to sterilize genius. Beatrice Webb
incompleteness
This incompleteness is all we have. Charles Bukowski