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

Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.

Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near.

Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.

I think 'A Serious Man' is genius.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.