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“When Darius offered him ten thousand talents, and to divide Asia equally with him, "I would accept it," said Parmenio, "were I Alexander." "And so truly would I," said Alexander, "if I were Parmenio." But he answered Darius that the earth could not bear two suns, nor Asia two kings.”

Ifs Said Two Earth Accepting Sun Talent Bears Kings Thousand Ten Divides Asia Darius

Book:Essays

Source: Essays

“Out of the thousand writers huffing and puffing through movieland there are scarcely fifty men and women of wit or talent. The rest of the fraternity is deadwood. Yet, in a curious way, there is not much difference between the product of a good writer and a bad one. They both have to toe the same mark.”

Men Way Differences Talent Products Thousand Men And Women Mark Wit Curious Fifty Toes Good Writers Fraternity Huffing

Author:Ben Hecht

“The talents lost--the moments run To waste--the sins of act, of thought, Ten thousand deeds of folly done, And countless virtues cherish'd not.”

Done Moments Running Lost Sin Virtue Talent Thousand Ten Waste Deeds Folly Cherish

Book:Matins and vespers: with hymns and occasional devotional pieces

Source: Matins and vespers: with hymns and occasional devotional pieces

“The implausible, well-nigh-miraculous functioning anarchy that we know as New York is adorned with every excellence of Western art. It is a city of manifold suggestions, which ministers to every ambition, engenders a thousand talents, nurtures ingenuity and experimentation.”

Knows Wells Art Cities Talent New York Thousand Ambition Excellence Western Ministers Anarchy Nurture Suggestions Miraculous Ingenuity Experimentation Manifold

Book:Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy

Source: Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy

“You have to develop a conscience and if on top of that you have talent so much the better. But if you have talent without conscience, you are just one of many thousand journalists.”

Ifs Talent Thousand Conscience Journalist Just One

Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Every living soul has different talents, different desires, different faculties. Be yourself, for even if you deceive the entire world, you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.”

Ifs World Different Soul Desire Talent Thousand Ten Being Yourself Faculty Deceiving

Author:Carl Jung