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Conceit spoils the finest genius.

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

Louisa May Alcott
Life, Conceited, Genius
1868 Little Women, pt.1, ch.7.

Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Louisa May Alcott
Genius, Modesty, Little Women
1868 Little Women, pt.1, ch.7.

Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.

Louisa May Alcott
Fall, Genius, Now And Then
Louisa May Alcott (2016). “Jo's Boys: Top Novelist Focus”, p.102, 谷月社

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

Louisa May Alcott
Energy, Genius, Want
Louisa May Alcott, Daniel Shealy (2013). “Little Women: An Annotated Edition”, p.502, Harvard University Press

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