Cesare Lombroso Quotes

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

[G]enius is a true degenerative psychosis belonging to the group of moral insanity . . .

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.