Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.

Quote by Charles Churchill

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Genius is of no country.

Genius is of no country.

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

Genius is nothing more than inflamed enthusiasm.

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.

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...

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...

Genius is independent of situation.

Genius is independent of situation.

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

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand...

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand...

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Genius is lasting 5 minutes longer than the other side

Genius is lasting 5 minutes longer than the other side

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their...

What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their...