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genius reason highest
The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason. Charles Caleb Colton
genius literature nodding
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. Charles Caleb Colton
genius literature may
The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end. Charles Caleb Colton
genius talent particular
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects. Charles Caleb Colton
genius eccentricity
Eccentricities of genius. Charles Dickens
genius athens males
The male orientation of classical Athens was inseparable from its genius. Athens became great not despite but because of its misogyny. Camille Paglia
genius poetic emily
Sappho and Emily Dickinson are the only woman geniuses in poetic history. Camille Paglia
genius said mark
There is none but he Whose being I do fear; and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony's was by Caesar. William Shakespeare
genius republican throwing
Historically, the Republicans have been geniuses at throwing away advantages. Bob Packwood
monuments mortals names offering persons posterity reflecting respect thus whose
Who could look on these monuments without reflecting on the vanity of mortals in thus offering up testimonials of their respect for persons of whose very names posterity is ignorant? Marguerite Gardiner
monument poor
I'd characterize it this way: It is a monument to poor taste. Mike Stevens
monumental says win
That says everything right there. That's how monumental that win was. Huston Street
monument people symbolic therefore
I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not personal. Claes Oldenburg
monumental problems
This is a monumental problem. It overshadows all the other problems we have. Michael Ramsey
monument
Monuments are for the living, not the dead. Frank Wedekind
monument player
He's a monument and he's my friend. For me he's the player of the century. Fabien Barthez
monument sticks
The monument sticks like a fishbone / in the city's throat. Robert Lowell
monuments true
Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great. John L. Motley
behinds
What I leave behind has a life of its own. Audre Lorde
behinds consequence
Every thought has a consequence. And every experience has a causative thought behind it. Ernest Holmes
behinds wrong-direction
Whoever says Americas best days are behind it are looking the wrong direction. George H. W. Bush
behinds
What is the why behind everything you do? Jack Canfield
behinds
Behind one truth there is always yet another. Lloyd Alexander
behinds bookshelves
Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf. Justin Cronin
behinds
It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind Martin McDonagh
behinds knows
You know, you can only lead them from behind. Nelson Mandela
behinds knows
I don’t know what’s ahead,” I say. “I don’t know nothing about nothing but whatever it is, it’s gotta be better than what’s behind. It’s gotta be. Patrick Ness