Quote by Robert Shea
It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department. – Robert Shea

Other quotes by Robert Shea

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength. – Robert Shea

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strength
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Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail. – Robert Shea

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design
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To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out – or worse. – Robert Shea

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Religion
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Other Quotes from
Nature
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My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms — will it return to my body when they scatter? – Kotomichi

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Nature

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. – Virginia Woolf

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Nature

A peace is of the nature of a conquest for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. – William Shakespeare

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Nature

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. – William Hazlitt

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Nature

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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity. – Oliver Tambo

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You may invite the entire 35th Division to your wedding if you want to. I guess its going to be yours as well as mine. We might as well have the church full while we are at it. – Bess Truman

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wedding

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the trees inclined. – Alexander Pope

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Education

The Constitution was written by 55 educated and highly intelligent men in Philadelphia in 1787, but it was written so that it could be understood by people of limited education and modest intelligence. – John Jay Hooker

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Education