Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes, Men Quotes, Genius Quotes

Men spoke much in my boyhood about restricted or ruined men of genius: and it was common to say that many a man was a Great Might-Have-Been. To me it's a more solid and startling fact that any man in the street is a Great Might-Not-Have-Been.

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There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.

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Talent imitates, genius steals.

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The genius of religions is that they structure the inner life.

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Never imitate the eccentricities of genius, but toil after it in its truer flights. They are not so easy to follow, but they lead to higher regions.

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Genius is its own end.

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Caricature is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

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God is the poetic genius in each of us.

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As a rule, I think they are quite impossible. Geniuses talk so much, don't they? Such a bad habit! And they are always thinking about themselves, when I want them to be thinking about me.

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From haunted spring and dale Edg'd with poplar pale The parting genius is with sighing sent.

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There is nothing new in art except talent.

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M. Zola is determined to show that, if he has not got genius, he can at least be dull.

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The words "genius" and "genuine" derive from the same root. The core of genius is authenticity.

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Talent imitates, genius steals.

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Talent imitates, but genius steals.

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Talent may be in time forgiven, but genius never

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Talent imitates, but genius steals.

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Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.--We call this specialty the bias of each individual. And none of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

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The genius is in making the complex simple.

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Consolation for those moments when you can't tell whether you're the divinest genius or the greatest fool in the world.

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