Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.
More quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.
Henry Ward Beecher · DisciplineDefeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
Henry Ward Beecher · DefeatTroubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
Henry Ward Beecher · DifficultiesKeep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends.
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More quotes about Genius
A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.
Joey Lauren Adams · GeniusGenius is sorrow's child.
John Adams · GeniusDoing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Henri Frederic Amiel · GeniusWe know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.
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