Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

天才不过是一种以一种不习惯的方式去感知的能力。

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

天才不仅能诊断情况，还能提供答案。

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

未受教育的天才，犹如矿中之银。

Genius worship is the inevitable sign of an uncreative age.

天才崇拜是无创造力时代的必然标志。

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither.

天才在某一方面就像金子;有很多人一直在写这两种情况，但他们都没有。

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

天才和人类一样，会因无用而生锈。

Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.

天才和真理一样，也有一种卑鄙和被人忽视的样子。

Genius, when young, is divine.

天才在年轻时是神圣的。

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

随便哪一天，给我一个聪明的白痴胜过一个愚蠢的天才。

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction.

伟大的天才是通过与另一个伟大天才的接触而形成的，但是，与其说是由于同化，不如说是由于虚构。

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

伟大的天才有最短的传记。

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

伟大的思想与他们所生活的短暂时间有关，正如伟大的建筑与他们所站立的小广场有关:你无法看到它们的全部大小，因为你站得离它们太近了。

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

伟大的心灵总是会遭到平庸心智的激烈反对。如果一个人不是不加思索地屈从于遗传的偏见，而是诚实而勇敢地运用他的智慧，那么后者就无法理解这一点。

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

很少说话的人，只要在适当的时候用一句冷静的话就能使健谈的人哑口无言，他就是天才或英雄。

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

要想出名，就不要害怕别人的指责。对责难的恐惧等于天才的死亡。