The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities. Cesare Lombroso Read Quote
Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, ‘God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.’ Cesare Lombroso Read Quote
Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics. Cesare Lombroso Read Quote
Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses. Cesare Lombroso Read Quote