“I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.”
Albert Einstein (verified)
“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“But genius always looks forward. The eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead. Man hopes. Genius creates. To create—to create—is the proof of a divine presence.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“A fine genius in his own country, is like gold in the mine.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
— Thomas Edison (verified, secondary source)