Geniuses are not born for geniuses, but for mankind. ——Hugo "Shakespeare"

The mission of a genius is to create, and to create a new organic world according to the laws of the heart, one must live in it as a whole. An artist is never too lonely. The scary thing is that when my thoughts are reflected in the mirror, the mirror changes and shrinks the original shape. ——Romain Rolland, "Johan Christophe"

Genius can reveal a truth with just one point of view, and truth is more powerful than an emperor. ——Pushkin's "Letter to K?φ? Tori"

Genius transcends and is higher than the nation. It is always higher than the nation! ——Gorky "The Story of a Hero"

When a writer deeply feels the flesh-and-blood connection between himself and the people, this will give him beauty and strength. ——Gorky's "Literature Letters"

A sieve, I am like a basket. No matter what garbage you dump on me, I can always sift out songs for you. I say it’s someone like this – a basket! ——Gorky "The Artamonov Family's Business"

The mistake of outstanding people is to waste their youth by gaining appreciation from the world. ——Balzac's "Donkey Skin"

Jealous people or stupid people never know the motives of intelligent people's actions, so they always immediately seize on some superficial contradictions to make accusations, and temporarily put them aside. Intelligent people were named as defendants. ——Balzac, "The Atheist Says Mass"

Among civil servants as among artists, miscarriages far outnumber births. This corresponds to Buffon's aphorism: "Patience is genius." - Balzac's "Civil Service"

Spiritual advantages only grow and bloom within the invisible range of the naked eye, and the poet's wife only One senses the poet's flaw in seeing jewelry being worked on rather than adorning herself with jewelry. ——Balzac's "Modeste Mignon"

Geniuses and beauties are both destined to shine brightly, attract attention, arouse envy, and attract people. ——Balzac's "Honorina"

Genius seeks obstacles, and obstacles create genius. ——"The Biography of Romain Rolland"

I have always believed that any genius, whether born or born, cannot achieve anything if it is not combined with the qualities of perseverance, humility, pragmatism and a certain amount of concentration. . ——"The Biography of Dickens"

Great people have walked through the desert before reaching the peak of glory. (Balzac's "Aunt Bei")

From great to ridiculous, there is only one step. ——Balzac's "Human Comedy"

The most outstanding things are often the most difficult things to understand. ——Hugo "Les Misérables"

He is the "traitor" of the strong and the loyal minister of the weak. ——Hugo "The Man Who Laughs"

He is a great person and the person who can best endure humiliation. ——Hugo "Louy Bras"

If a person wants to be spiritually great, he must feel more and control more, speak concisely, think implicitly, never be extravagant, and only use a glance. Express it in a glance and a word or a half, not exaggerating like children, nor showing emotions like women; you should speak for people who can understand after hearing half a word, and speak for men. ——Romain Rolland, "Johan Christophe"

A great soul is like a towering mountain. Storms hit them, dark clouds cover them, but only there can they breathe freely. The air there is fresh, it cleanses away all the filth in the mind, and when the dark clouds disperse, there is dominance over human beings. ——"The Biography of Romain Rolland"

Without great character, there would be no great people, not even great artists or great actors. —— Romain Rolland, "The Biography of Beethoven"

The great soul is like a high mountain. It is blown by wind and rain, and surrounded by clouds, but when people breathe there, they breathe more freely and powerfully than elsewhere. The pure atmosphere can wash away the filth of the soul; and when the clouds break away, it comes to mankind. ——Romain Rolland, "The Biography of Michael Angelo"

Without simplicity, kindness and truth, there would be no greatness. ——Tolstoy's "War and Peace"

A free and proud person uses the calm power of thought that is sometimes like lightning and sometimes like a sword as a weapon to walk far in front of everyone and transcend life. above. ——Golky's "Man"

How great it is to set an example for the entire civilized world! ——Mark Twain, "The Gilded Age"

The tall cedars should not bow down to the humble shrubs, but the low shrubs should wither under the cedars. ——Shakespeare's "The Humiliation of Lucrece"

I must show my heroic nature when others cannot lift my head. ——Dickens' "Martin's Story of Greatness"

Noble and secret victory cannot be seen by the naked eye, cannot be glimpsed by any reputation, and cannot be sung by any drum music. Life, suffering, loneliness, abandonment, poverty, these are the battlefields and their heroes; the unknown heroes are sometimes greater than the famous ones. ——Hugo "Les Misérables"

Life and death are just slaves under your feet. ——Tagore's "The Captured Hero"

Your reputation will last forever; you will add an immortal page to history.

——Mark Twain, "Strange Experience"

One of the conditions for a genius is to have an invention: the invention of a certain form, a certain system or a certain driving force. ——Balzac's "Modeste Mignon"

A genius is always somewhat childish.

——Balzac's "Civil Service"