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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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They that deny a God destroy mans nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. – Francis Bacon

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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. – Francis Bacon

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To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill. – Charles Caleb Colton

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

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Others have done it before me. I can, too. – Corporal John Faunce

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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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God, why do I storm heaven for answers that are already in my heart? Every grace I need has already been given me. Oh, lead me to the Beyond within. – Macrina Wieherkehr

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