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The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
— Cesare Lombroso
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Cesare Lombroso
physician, writer, criminologist, psychiatrist, essayist, university teacher
1835 – 1909
Cesare Lombroso was an Italian eugenicist, criminologist, phrenologist, physician, and founder of the Italian school of criminology. He is considered the founder of modern criminology by changing the Western notions of individual responsibility.
All Quotes by Cesare Lombroso
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Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.
— Cesare Lombroso
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Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.
— Cesare Lombroso
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Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.
— Cesare Lombroso
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Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaningof a passage in his poem. He replied, "God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows."
— Cesare Lombroso
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The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
— Cesare Lombroso
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The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.
— Cesare Lombroso
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"Lawsuit mania"… a continual craving to go to law against others, while considering themselves the injured party.
— Cesare Lombroso