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7 Cesare Lombroso Quotes

Cesare Lombroso offers grand, witty musings on genius and society, ideal for those who love bold ideas.

Cesare Lombroso quotes

  1. Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaningof a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

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

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  3. 'Lawsuit mania'...a continual craving to go to law against others, while considering themselves the injured party.

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

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  5. 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.

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  6. The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.

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

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