Thomas Alva Edison

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    Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
    Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931)

    Lux my fair falcon, and your fellows all,
    How well pleasant it were your liberty!
    Ye not forsake me that fair might ye befall.
    —Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)

    Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
    —Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931)