Cesare Lombroso Quotes on Genius

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  1. The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

  2. Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.

  3. 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.

  4. Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

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