Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
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Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.
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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
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Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, a...
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The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has sim...
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Misunderstood! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, an...
