Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Quote by Charles Churchill

Topics: Genius Quotes

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the...

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the...

Statesman all over, in plots famous grown, He mouths a sentence, as curs mouth a...

Statesman all over, in plots famous grown, He mouths a sentence, as curs mouth a...

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the...

Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the...

It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.

It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Genius is of no country.

Genius is of no country.

Genius is independent of situation.

Genius is independent of situation.

The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.

The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.

Genius is of no country; her pure ray / Spreads all abroad, as general as...

Genius is of no country; her pure ray / Spreads all abroad, as general as...

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.

Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats...

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats...

It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.

It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.