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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to read more
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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.]
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie
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Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie
abgeglattet sind.]
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, read more
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
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Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed.
The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.
The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.
