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Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.
Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life
Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life
I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.
I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a read more
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me.
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world.
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the world.
