Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and …

Carl Jung
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung (1953). Collected Works of C.G. Jung: The development of personality
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