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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.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way,
ought to give us ground to presume ability.
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way,
ought to give us ground to presume ability.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two.
[A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther read more
A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two.
[A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.]
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round read more
The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.