Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. Henri Frederic Amiel

Quotes November 23, 2008

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Genius
Quotations by Henri Frederic Amiel

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