Creative Quotations from . . .
Edwin Percy Whipple
(1819-1886) born on Mar 08
US essayist. "He is noted for "Literature and Life: Genius," 1871."
 
   
F
Talent is full of thoughts, Genius is thought. Talent is a cistern, Genius a fountain."

R
Wit is the unexpected explosion of thought.
A
Talent jogs to conclusions to which Genius takes giant leaps.
N
Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.
K
"Genius is not a single power, but a combination of great powers. It reasons, but it is not reasoning; it judges, but it is not judgment. it imagines, but it is not imagination; It is neither, because it is all."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Artists in Quotation," by Donna Ward La Cour, 1989."
R: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
A: "In "Artists in Quotation," by Donna Ward La Cour, 1989."
N: "In "The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women," by Rosalie Maggio, 1994."
K: "In "A New Dictionary of Quotations," by H.L. Mencken, 1942."



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