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They are able because they think they are able.
[Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.]
They are able because they think they are able.
[Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.]
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not read more
It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
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.
The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, read more
The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
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.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
