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Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited;...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about talent, lie, genius, action, imagination, reason, being

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something....

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about pleasure

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often...

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about aptitude, genius, imagination, reason

When the painting is hanging on your wall for a long time, you don't notice it. You get tired of it, even if it's a Picasso. When the next generation inherits the painting, they sell it. I don't want to be sold.

Quote by Julio Iglesias about painting, commerce, time

The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights

The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about earth

The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about nation, children

The mind is like a time capsule, preserving every one of...

The mind is like a time capsule, preserving every one of life's precious moments we've inherited along the way.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about life, mind, time

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