Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Quote by Nathaniel Emmons

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Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and oral evils.

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and oral evils.

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire,...

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire,...

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.

I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the...

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the...

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but...

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but...

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree...

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree...

I am no more humble than my talents require.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to...

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to...

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have...

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have...

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as...

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a alent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a alent; my sole...