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• A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.
  Every day sends to their graves obscure men whom timidity prevented from making a first effort....
• If you make the world a little better, then you have accomplished a great deal.
• A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• A little neglect may breed great mischief for the want of a shah, Iran was lo
  for the want of Iran, the hostages were lost; and for the want of the hostages, I'd be lost....
• A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
  -- Oscar Wilde...
• It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. -- Henry Jame
• It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, but a good deal to know in which direction to point that organ.
  -- W.H. Aude...
• Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life. -- Goethe