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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.

— Arthur Schopenhauer The World as Will and Representation (1819)

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Vol. II, Ch. III, para. 31 (On Genius), 1844 | As cited in The Little Book of Bathroom Philosophy: Daily Wisdom from the Greatest Thinkers‎ (2004) by Gregory Bergman, p. 137

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