The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos. Lydia M. Child
The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.GeniusQuotations by Lydia M. Child
Month: November 2008
Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof. Chao Chang
Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof.GeniusQuotations by Chao Chang
Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. C. W. Ceran
Genius is the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple.GeniusQuotations by C. W. Ceran
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. Thomas Carlyle
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.GeniusQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.GeniusQuotations by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Genius is nothing but a great capacity for patience. Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
Genius is nothing but a great capacity for patience.GeniusQuotations by Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
Since when was genius found respectable? Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Since when was genius found respectable?GeniusQuotations by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality? Elizabeth Barrett Browning
What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?GeniusQuotations by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. Christian Nevell Bovee
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.GeniusQuotations by Christian Nevell Bovee
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out.GeniusQuotations by Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. Henry Ward Beecher
Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.GeniusQuotations by Henry Ward Beecher
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. Simone De Beauvoir
One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.GeniusQuotations by Simone De Beauvoir
Genius is childhood recaptured. Jean Baudrillard
Genius is childhood recaptured.GeniusQuotations by Jean Baudrillard
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. Aristotle
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.GeniusQuotations by Aristotle
We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later. Louis Aragon
We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.GeniusQuotations by Louis Aragon
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. Henri Frederic Amiel
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.GeniusQuotations by Henri Frederic Amiel
Genius is sorrow’s child. John Adams
Genius is sorrow’s child.GeniusQuotations by John Adams
A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. Joey Lauren Adams
A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.GeniusQuotations by Joey Lauren Adams
Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-calculated less or more. William Wordsworth
Give all thou canst; high Heaven rejects the lore of nicely-calculated less or more.GenerosityQuotations by William Wordsworth
The poor don’t know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity. Jean-Paul Sartre
The poor don’t know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.GenerosityQuotations by Jean-Paul Sartre
What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost. Robert of Doncaste
What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost.GenerosityQuotations by Robert of Doncaste
Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. Alexander Pope
Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.GenerosityQuotations by Alexander Pope
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. Jean De La Bruyere
Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.GenerosityQuotations by Jean De La Bruyere
How much easier is it to be generous than just. Junius
How much easier is it to be generous than just.GenerosityQuotations by Junius
There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his. Eric Hoffer
There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.GenerosityQuotations by Eric Hoffer
Generosity is the flower of justice. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Generosity is the flower of justice.GenerosityQuotations by Nathaniel Hawthorne
People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault. Sidney J. Harris
People who think they’re generous to a fault usually think that’s their only fault.GenerosityQuotations by Sidney J. Harris
Giving is the business of the rich. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Giving is the business of the rich.GenerosityQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. Kahlil Gibran
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.GenerosityQuotations by Kahlil Gibran
Lavishness is not generosity. Thomas Fuller
Lavishness is not generosity.GenerosityQuotations by Thomas Fuller
To generous souls every task is noble. Euripides
To generous souls every task is noble.GenerosityQuotations by Euripides
It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.GenerosityQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The more he cast away the more he had. John Bunyan
The more he cast away the more he had.GenerosityQuotations by John Bunyan
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Jean De La Bruyere
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.GenerosityQuotations by Jean De La Bruyere
Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. Adlai E. Stevenson
Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.GenerationsQuotations by Adlai E. Stevenson
The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered. Logan Pearsall Smith
The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered.GenerationsQuotations by Logan Pearsall Smith
It’s all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date. George Bernard Shaw
It’s all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.GenerationsQuotations by George Bernard Shaw
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. D. H. Lawrence
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.GenerationsQuotations by D. H. Lawrence
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity. Anthony Crosland
What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.GenerationsQuotations by Anthony Crosland
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young. Willa Cather
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.GenerationsQuotations by Willa Cather