We are always anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
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upon being told he had a good head for business, p. 378.Mark Twain
Propaganda is not French, it is not civilized to want other people to believe what you believe because the essence of being civilised is to possess yourself as you are, and if you possess yourself as you are you of course cannot possess any one else, it is not your business.
Gertrude Stein
A fellow of mediocre talent will remain a mediocrity, whether he travels or not; but one of superior talent (which without impiety I cannot deny that I possess) will go to seed if he always remains in the same place.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Insult not another for his want of a talent you possess: He may have others which you want.
James Burgh
The great powers claim that whatever they possess is theirs by right, but whatever we, the smaller countries possess is negotiable.
Muhammad Reza Pahlavi
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