Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes About Genius
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The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom. - Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius.
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True genius repeats itself forever, and never repeats itself--one ever varied sense beams novelty and unity on all.
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No communication or gift can exhaust genius or impoverish charity.
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He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
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Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.
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Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility; for all that is celestial, all genius, is the offspring of immortality.
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The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.
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