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Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.

Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood

It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Stuart Blackie (1883). “The Wisdom of Goethe”, Edinburgh, W. Blackwood

There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.111, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

"Maxims and Reflections". Book by by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Maxim 382, 1833.

Beauty and Genius must be kept afar if one would avoid becoming their slave.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1893). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.62, Library of Alexandria