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Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.
William Hazlitt
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What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed where others fail, not from a greater share of invention, but from not being nice in the choice of expedients.
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