"It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself."
Quotes by Cesare Lombroso
"Genius is one of the many forms of insanity."
"[G]enius is a true degenerative psychosis belonging to the group of moral insanity . . ."
Cesare LombrosoCesare Lombroso (/lɒmˈbroʊsoʊ/ lom-BROH-soh, US also /lɔːmˈ-/ lawm-; Italian: [ˈtʃeːzare lomˈbroːzo, ˈtʃɛː-, -oːso]; born Ezechia Marco Lombroso; 6 November 1835 – 19 October 1909) was an Italian euge...