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Cesare Lombroso Quotes: The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
         

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.


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Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses



Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.



Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.



It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself.

It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself.



The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities



God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.

God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.



The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand

The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand



Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'





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