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«The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shows it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man.»
«They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.»
Author: Eric Hoffer
(Writer)
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«No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies»
Author: Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
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ascribe, ascribed, ascribes, consistent, Drew, forced, Forces of Nature, Force of Nature, Human nature, inconsistencies
«Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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Best friend
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ascribe, motives, praised, sinister, tincture
«Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
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Competence
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adequately, ascribe, ascribed, ascribes, explained, incompetence, malice
«We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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Beauty
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ascribe, ascribed, ascribes, extremes, related, related to, superfluous, to that
«The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to learn from books the present state of human knowledge; that he may not ascribe to himself the invention of arts generally known; weary his attention with experime»
«Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven»
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