Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes about Genius

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Talent jogs to conclusions to which Genius takes giant leaps.

Giants, Genius, Talent

Edwin Percy Whipple (1859). “Lectures on Subjects Connected with Literature and Life”, p.162

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Soul, Three, Genius

The inborn geniality of some people amounts to genius.

People, Genius, Cheerfulness

Genius may be almost defined as the faculty of acquiring poverty.

Genius, May, Poverty

Edwin Percy Whipple (1870). “Essays and Reviews”, p.38

Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain.

Genius, Talent, Fountain