Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it judges, but it is not judgment; imagines, but it is not imagination; it feels deeply and fiercely, but it is not passion. It is neither, because it is all.
Talent jogs to conclusions to which Genius takes giant leaps. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Talent jogs to conclusions to which Genius takes giant leaps.
- Edwin Percy Whipple
Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.
God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings. - Edwin Percy Whipple
God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.
Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.
Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.
Wit is an unexpected explosion of thought. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Wit is an unexpected explosion of thought.
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time. - Edwin Percy Whipple
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.
The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses … - Edwin Percy Whipple
The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses …
The contemplation of beauty in nature, in art, in literature, in human character, diffuses through our being a soothing and subtle joy, by which the … - Edwin Percy Whipple
The contemplation of beauty in nature, in art, in literature, in human character, diffuses through our being a soothing and subtle joy, by which the …
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