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Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

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Even genius is tied to profit.
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Anand Thakur
The test of any man lies in action.
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He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.
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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
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Envy bestrides praise.
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Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
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Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
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Endurance Errors Fortune Human Insecure Mindset
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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The present will not long endure.
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Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.
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Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of prizes By steadfastness and strength.
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Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

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