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Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade? - Benjamin Franklin

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess. - Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Autobiography

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. - Henry David Thoreau

We believe that if men have the talent to invent need machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work. - John F. Kennedy

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. - Rosalynn Carter

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. - Cicero

If you cannot convince them, confuse them. - Harry S Truman

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. - Napoleon Bonaparte

You must lose a fly to catch a trout. - George Herbert

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