Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus
keeps his height, even if he read more

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus
keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
[Lat., Parvus pumilio, licet in monte constiterit; colossus
magnitudinem suam servabit, etiam si steterit in puteo.]

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can read more

A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True,"
said he. "but every goose can."

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.]

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.