| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Genius |
| | | Genius can never despise labor. Abel Stevens. | 1 |
| Genius cannot be transmitted by last will and testament. | 2 |
| Genius is a nervous disease. De Tours. | 3 |
| Genius, like water, will find its level. | 4 |
| Genius must be born and never can be taught. Dryden. | 5 |
| It is the property of true genius to disturb all settled ideas. Goethe. | 6 |
| It is with a fine genius as with a fine fashion all those are displeased at it, who are not able to follow it. Warton. | 7 |
| No age is shut against great genius. Seneca. | 8 |
| The dunces of all countries propagate the maxim that a man of genius is unfit for business. Pope. | 9 |
| The greater the genius, the higher the aim; the higher the aim, the greater risk of failure. | 10 |
| The honors of genius are eternal. Latin. | 11 |
Time, place and action may with pains be wrought,
But genius must be born and never can be taught. Dryden. | 12 |
Without genius learning soars in vain,
Without learning genius sinks again. Horace. | 13 | | |
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