The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even ...

The only difference between a genius and one of common capacity is that the former anticipates and explores what the latter accidentally hits upon; but even the man of genius himself more frequently employs the advantages that chance presents him; it is the lapidary who gives value to the diamond which the peasant has dug up without knowing its value.

quote by Abbe Guillaume Raynal
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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