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Quote DB :: Authors :: Oliver Wendell Holmes :: View Quote View Quote "The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Oliver Wendell Holmes Listed in: Genius Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 1.5  Rate Quote 2 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Oliver Wendell Holmes "The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions." "Old age is fifteen years older than I am." "The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power." "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." "The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins." Top 5 quotes from Genius "Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius." "Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay." "Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius." "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." "Talent does what it can; genius does what it must."

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