"Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for…" — Benjamin Franklin
"Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience."
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1,166 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin has 1,166 quotes on this site.
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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
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Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we…
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Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of…
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[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution…
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It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
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I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a…
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for…
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Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
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Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is…
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It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be…
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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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More Aptitude Quotes
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one of 102 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
— Anton Chekhov
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The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all…
— Denis Waitley
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Your attitude is more important that your aptitude.
— Zig Ziglar
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In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who…
— Proclus
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a…
— Nelson Mandela
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The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the…
— Wilfred Trotter
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Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into…
— Ken Robinson
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In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness.
— Norm MacDonald
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I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of…
— Samuel Johnson
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If there be an order in which the human race has mastered its various kinds of knowledge, there will arise…
— Herbert Spencer
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People who don't have the interest or aptitude for serious college studies at age 18 may find that later in…
— George Leef
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