“Genius is an infinite capacity for causing pain.”
Margaret Atwood book The Robber Bride
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“They say that genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains," he remarked with a smile. "It's a very bad definition, but it does apply to detective work.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, book A Study in Scarlet
Source: A Study in Scarlet
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Book III, Ch. VIII, pp. 164-166.
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