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If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.
If they try to rush me, I always say, I've only got one other speed and it's slower.
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.
For as our modern wits behold,
Mounted a pick-back on the old,
Much farther off, much further read more
For as our modern wits behold,
Mounted a pick-back on the old,
Much farther off, much further he,
Rais'd on his aged Beast, could see.
The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
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.]
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
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),
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher read more
To know how to hide one's ability is great skill.
[Fr., C'est une grande habilete que de savoir cacher son
habilete.]