Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes



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“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; imagines, but it is not imagination; it feels deeply and fiercely, but it is not passion. It is neither, because it is all.”

“Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.”

“Pretension is nothing; power is everything.”

“Wit is an unexpected explosion of thought.”

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