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

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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

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.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

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...

Genius is independent of situation.

Genius is independent of situation.

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.

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

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...

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...

Genius is of no country.

Genius is of no country.

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

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

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

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Genius is an African who dreams up snow

Genius is an African who dreams up snow

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated...

The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.