The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.
Original text (French)
Original text (French)
Science is the language of the Temporal world, Love is that of the Spiritual world.
The most real of all splendors are not in outward things, they are within us.
Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.
Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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