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«Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.»
Author: Henry Van Dyke (Essayist, Poet, Writer) | About: Talent | Keywords: birds, possess, sang, silent, talents, woods
«To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.»
«True debauchery is liberating because it creates no obligations. In it you possess only yourself; hence it remains the favorite pastime of the great lovers of their own person»
«The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.»
«This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess.»
«The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.»
«There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.»
«The philosopher believes that the value of his philosophy lies in the whole, in the building: posterity discovers it in the bricks with which he built and which are then often used again for better building: in the fact, that is to say, that building can be destroyed and nonetheless possess value as material.»
«There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.»
«There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.»

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