Ability
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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy
Natural ability can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation; but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural ability
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill
The art of using moderate abilities to advantage wins praise, and often acquires more reputation than actual brilliancy
Skill to do comes of doing
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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