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If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
[Fr., Les merchants sont toujours surpris de trouver read more
The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
[Fr., Les merchants sont toujours surpris de trouver de
l'habilete dans les bons.]
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural read more
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the read more
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.