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| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. |
| Buffon |
| Genius is nothing but a great capacity for patience. | 1 |
| Le génie n’est autre chose qu’une grand aptitude à la patience—Genius is nothing else than a sovereign capacity for patience. | 2 |
| Le style est l’homme même—The style is the man himself. | 3 |
| Patience is genius. | 4 |
| To write well is to think well, to feel well, and to render well; it is to possess at once intellect, soul, and taste. | 5 |
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