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Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
Men take only their needs into consideration, never their abilities.
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
'Tis skill not strength that governs a ship.
'Tis skill not strength that governs a ship.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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.
Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
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Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed.
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a read more
If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.
