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There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
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.
We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into
the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, read more
We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into
the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and a square
person has squeezed himself into the round hole.
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.
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.]
I add this also, that natural ability without education has
oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education read more
I add this also, that natural ability without education has
oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without
natural ability.
[Lat., Etiam illud adjungo, saepius ad laudem atque virtutem
naturam sine doctrina, quam sine natura valisse doctrinam.]
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is read more
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.