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William Gilmore Simms

"Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent."

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"Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent."

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"Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?"

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"Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius."

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"You need to find your gift, something you are doing better than others."

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"Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism."
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"Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent."
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