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True genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing it so often near falling, without being ever actually down.
-Oliver Goldsmith
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True Genius Walks Along A Line, And,

Oliver Goldsmith
True genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing it so often near falling, without being ever actually down.
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