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The difference between genius and
stupidity is that genius has its limits.

26 posted on 02/12/2017 6:54:45 PM PST by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: Baynative
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
Wonderful quote! Attribution to Albert Einstein, while popular, is apocryphal. More likely it's attributed to Alexandre Dumas, fils (27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895).

"Une chose qui m’humilie profondément est de voir que le génie humain a des limites, quand la bêtise humaine n’en a pas."

One possible translation into English is the following:

"One thing that humbles me deeply is to see that human genius has its limits while human stupidity does not."

61 posted on 02/13/2017 4:53:43 AM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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