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Quote by Francis Bacon
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by st

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. – Francis Bacon

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For friends… do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. – Francis Bacon

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Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, thats good taste. – Lucille Ball

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Mildly talented in a variety of ways but with no genuine ability in any one field, she was like me, the perennial hapless self-amused dilettante, half-worried by the slippage of time but determined to enjoy failure anyway. – Edward Abbey

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No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. – Andrew Carnegie

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I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. Speaking Of Winston Churchill – Arthur Balfour

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