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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.
They are able because they think they are able.
They are able because they think they are able.
Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can read more
Natural abilities 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 abilities.
The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round read more
The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men
have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Behind every able man, there are always other able men.
Behind every able man, there are always other able men.