Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas Edison

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Topic

Hard work Genius

Speaker

Thomas Edison

Source

Harper's Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Inventor Businessperson

From

United States

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Citation

Edison, Thomas. Quoted in "Edison in His Laboratory" by Martin André Rosanoff. Harper's Monthly, Sept. 1932.

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Dorothy Parker
Source
The New Yorker
Medium
Magazine
Statement Type
Sexual innuendo Invitation
Language
English
Time
1931 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Parker, Dorothy. New Yorker. c. 25 July 1931.

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Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Topic
Hard work Excellence Character Virtue The human condition

Author

Hesiod
Source
Works and Days
Medium
Poem
Genre
Didactic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 289.

Current Citation

Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 289.