Cesare Lombroso Quotes

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.
Cesare Lombroso

Genius, Insanity, Forms

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

Good, Great, Men

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'
Cesare Lombroso

God, Alone, Once

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.
Cesare Lombroso

Great, Single, Genius

The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.
Cesare Lombroso

Understand, Cannot, Ignorant

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.
Cesare Lombroso

Men, Speak, Rather

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Psychologist

Born: November 18, 1835

Died: 1909

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