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Quote by Mark Twain
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one. – Mark Twain

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Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about. – Mark Twain

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The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Benjamin Disraeli

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When I look back now over my life and call to mind what I might have had simply for taking and did not take, my heart is like to break. – William Hale White

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Ability is of little account without opportunity. – Napoleon

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