The first half of this sentence was said by the great inventor Edison. He said, "Genius is ninety-nine percent perspiration and one percent inspiration." The second half was added by others. “It is often the bottom one percent that determines success.”

Edison's famous aphorisms:

1. If you want to succeed, use perseverance as your good friend, experience as your staff, and prudence as your brother.

2. Anyone who hopes to spend his old age with honor and comfort must think that one day he will grow old when he is young: in this way, when he is old, he will also remember that he was young.

3. There is a solution to every problem, and there is nothing unimaginable. If you really get to the point where it is impossible to imagine, you can only blame yourself for being a fool and a lazy person.

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The background of Edison saying this:

In 1912, Tesla and Edison were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics at the same time, but They gave up because both parties were unwilling to enjoy it. For ordinary scientists, winning the Nobel Prize may take a lifetime of effort. For Tesla, winning the Nobel Prize is as easy as eating at home. If the food is not to his taste, he would rather give up.

Thomas Edison changed the world with incandescent lamps. He was also a business tycoon and an outstanding entrepreneur. In comparison, Tesla was a more pure scientist.

Everyone knows that Edison's famous saying - "Genius is one percent inspiration, plus ninety-nine percent perspiration, but that one percent inspiration is the most important. Even more important than the 99% of sweat. "It was originally tailor-made for Tesla to satirize Tesla who only knows how to work hard."