
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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Histoires grotesques et sérieuses, 1865, Le Mystère de Marie Roget, 1850
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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“Mille choses avancent, neuf cent quatre-vingt dix-huit reculent; c’est là le progrès.”
Journal intime
It is said of me that when I was young I divided my time impartially among wine, women and song. I deny this categorically. Ninety percent of my interests were women !
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A propos de sa vie personnelle
Ninety-five percent of the forager bees trail along with their sisters. But 5 percent do not follow the crowd. In bad times, the number of searcher bees can more than triple.
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(Animal behavior experts call that dominance cues).
Le génie de la bête : une révision radicale du capitalisme, 2010