"No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor."

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"No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor."

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"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

Ability, Job

"The size of a fish does not determine its speed."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Ability, Size, Speed, Performance

"I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Ability, Countries, Now, Respect

"Talent can be a nice thing to have sometimes. You look good, attract attention, and if you're lucky, you make some money. Women flock to you. In that sense, having talent's preferable to having none. But talent only functions when it's supported by a tough, unyielding physical and mental focus. All it takes is one screw in your brain to come loose and fall off, or some connection in your body to break down, and your concentration vanishes, like the dew at dawn. If talent's the foundation you rely on, and yet it's so unreliable that you have no idea what's going to happen to it the next minute, what meaning does it have?"

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Ability, Talent, Focus, Mind, Stability

"It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Ability, Act, Advice, Profit

"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

Ability, Taxes

"It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

Ability, Idealism, Loss, Old

"What did Citibank get out of it? It got the ability to reverse the arbitrage. Actually, what they got was the ability to give themselves a profit, and that saved the bank."

Bill Janklow, American Politician

Ability, Profit

"I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability."

Harry Caray, American Entertainer

Ability, Being, Fans

"To know how to hide one's ability is great skill."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Ability, Skill

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"It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."

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"To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it."

Resentment

"He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again."

Battle

"Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir."

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"A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all."

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"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty."

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"To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace."

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"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

"The size of a fish does not determine its speed."

"I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it."

"It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as to know how to act for one's self."

"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle."

"It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new."

"What did Citibank get out of it? It got the ability to reverse the arbitrage. Actually, what they got was the ability to give themselves a profit, and that saved the bank."

"I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability."

"To know how to hide one's ability is great skill."

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"It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."

"To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it."

"He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again."

"Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir."

"A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all."

"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty."

"To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace."

"Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement."

"It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured."

"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."