Friday 6 July 2007

Concerning Genius

"Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede — not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen. " - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

There are many words to describe people like Lichtenberg. None of them are polite.

But they are always spoken in a tone of admiration.

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