Genius is one of the many forms of insanity. Cesare Lombroso More Quotes by Cesare Lombroso More Quotes From Cesare Lombroso Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses Cesare Lombroso genius honor men It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself. Cesare Lombroso clothes analysis cutting 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. Cesare Lombroso crowds genius men God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows. Cesare Lombroso forgetful forgetfulness knows The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities Cesare Lombroso mediocrity birth genius The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand Cesare Lombroso ignorant adore men Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.' Cesare Lombroso passages knows
