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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes: Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.
         

Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.


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