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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Genius

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Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1969). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VII: 1838-1842”, p.451, Harvard University Press

Common sense is as rare as genius.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2011). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.395, Penguin

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.635, Library of America

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph H. Orth, Glen M. Johnson (1994). “The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.81, University of Missouri Press

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.380

Genius is its own end.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.133, ReadHowYouWant.com

Genius Borrows nobly.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.154

Genius is power, talent is applicability.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph H. Orth, Glen M. Johnson (1994). “The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.136, University of Missouri Press

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.102, Harvard University Press

Genius has no taste for weaving sand.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.96, University of Georgia Press

Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “Essays”, p.147, 1st World Publishing

When the gods come among men, they are not known.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.154, Harvard University Press

The greatest genius is the most indebted person.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1979). “Emerson's Literary Criticism”, p.163, U of Nebraska Press

Talent may frolic and juggle; genius realizes and adds.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.204, Harvard University Press

Genius is the power to labor better and more availably. Deserve thy genius: exalt it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Portable Emerson”, p.93, Penguin