Good sense travels on the w... by Cesare Lombroso, an Italian Psychologist

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“Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.”

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Name: Cesare Lombroso

Nationality: Italian

Date of Birth: Nov 18, 1835

Date of Death: 1909

Profession: Psychologist

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