A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.
Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.
Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.
Talent works, genius creates.
Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.
Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
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