“Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.”
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger.
