"In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can."

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Source : An Outline of Russian Literature ch. 3 (1914) See Owen Meredith 1

Maurice Baring

#Genius Quotes #Doe Quotes #Talent Quotes

“Maturing as a poet means maturing as the whole man, experiencing new emotions appropriate to one's age, and with the same intensity as the emotions of youth.”
“I was sixteen and my mother was about to throw me out of the house forever, for breaking a very big rule, even bigger than the forbidden books. The rule was not just No Sex, but definitely No Sex With Your Own Sex.”
“The wrong way always seems the more reasonable.”

Source : "The Bending of the Bough". book by George A. Moore, Act IV, 1900.
“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.”
“Your manners will depend very much upon the quality of what you frequently think on; for the soul is as it were tinged with the colour and complexion of thought.”
“I had been in the gym training for many, many years, but I definitely stepped it up when it was time to get into shape to play 'Lights'. I began trying to live the life of a boxer, and that means everything that you would expect.”

Source : "Holt McCallany and Warren Leight Interview LIGHTS OUT". Interview, collider.com. March 23, 2011.
“If you know only one language, you're a prisoner, stuck in the tyranny of that one language.”
“Women power is a formidable force.”

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