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“Complaisance, though in itself it be scarce reckoned in the number of moral virtues, is that which gives a lustre to every talent a man can be possessed of. It was Plato's advice to an unpolished writer that he should sacrifice to the graces. In the same manner I would advise every man of learning, who would not appear in the world a mere scholar or philosopher, to make himself master of the social virtue which I have here mentioned.”

Source: The Tatler and the Guardian: Complete in One Volume, with Notes, and a General Index

“Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.”

Writing Talent Genius Mere Available Finest Envelopes Stationery

Author:Dorothy Parker

“Was genius ever ungrateful? Mere talents are dry leaves, tossed up and down by gusts of passion, and scattered and swept away; but, Genius lies on the bosom of Memory, and Gratitude at her feet.”

Lying Passion Memories Feet Talent Genius Gratitude Mere Dry Up And Down Bosoms Ungrateful Swept Away Dry Leaves

Book:Imaginary Conversations: Dialogues of literary men. Dialogues of famous women. Miscellaneous dialogues

Source: Imaginary Conversations: Dialogues of literary men. Dialogues of famous women. Miscellaneous dialogues

“Men famed for wit, of dangerous talents vain, Treat those of common parts with proud disdain; The powers that wisdom would, improving, hide, They blaze abroad, with inconsid'rate pride; While yet but mere probationers for fame, They seize the honor they should then disclaim: Honor so hurried to the light must fade, The lasting laurels nourish in the shade.”

Source: The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume

“Is duty a mere sport, or an employ! Life an entrusted talent or a toy!”

Sports Talent Duty Mere Toys

Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Realism to be effective must be a matter of selection.genius chooses its materials with a view to their beauty and effectiveness; mere talent copies what it thinks is nature, only to find it has been deceived by the external grossness of things.”

Thinking Has Beens Matter Reality Views Talent Materials Genius Mere Copies Realism Selection Deceived Effectiveness

Author:Julia Marlowe