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I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural read more
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of
his abilities, and for no more, and read more
Every person is responsible for all the good with the scope of
his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is
the largest.
- Gail Hamilton (pseudonym of Mary Abigail Dodge),
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can read more
A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a
Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True,"
said he. "but every goose can."
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability.
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.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
I shut my eyes in order to see.
