The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (213 page)
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GENIUS is an infinite capacity for taking pains
Cf.
1858
CARLYLE
Frederick the Great
I. IV. iii. ‘Genius’.. means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all.
1870
Work amongst Working Men
iv.
Gift, like genius, I often think, only means an infinite capacity for taking pains.
1959
Eating People is Wrong
iv.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. But we should still foster it, however much of an embarrassment it may be to us.
1974
Porterhouse Blue
xiv.
The modern fashion [of research] comes, I suppose, from a literal acceptance of the ridiculous dictum that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
diligence
1858
CARLYLE
Frederick the Great
I. IV. iii. ‘Genius’.. means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all.
1870Work amongst Working Men
iv.
Gift, like genius, I often think, only means an infinite capacity for taking pains.
1959
Eating People is Wrong
iv.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. But we should still foster it, however much of an embarrassment it may be to us.
1974
Porterhouse Blue
xiv.
The modern fashion [of research] comes, I suppose, from a literal acceptance of the ridiculous dictum that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
diligencegentleman
gently
get
see
you cannot get BLOOD from a stone
;
if you don't like the HEAT, get out of the kitchen
;
if you LIE down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
;
don't get MAD, get even
;
the MORE you get, the more you want
;
what a NEIGHBOUR gets is not lost
;
you cannot get a QUART into a pint pot
;
what you SEE is what you get
;
you don't get SOMETHING for nothing
; also
GOT
.
you cannot get BLOOD from a stone
;
if you don't like the HEAT, get out of the kitchen
;
if you LIE down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
;
don't get MAD, get even
;
the MORE you get, the more you want
;
what a NEIGHBOUR gets is not lost
;
you cannot get a QUART into a pint pot
;
what you SEE is what you get
;
you don't get SOMETHING for nothing
; also
GOT
.
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