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"You need to find your gift, something you are doing better than others."
"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."
"We don't choose our talents, but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want."
"Talent silences your competition, genius deafens them."
"Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge."
"Talent is the seed, success is the fruit."
"If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out."
Explore more quotes by William Gilmore Simms
"He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius."
"I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor."
"Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes."
"Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy."
"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."
"Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent."
"The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian."
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