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- A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- On landing at New York I caught the yellow fever. The kind man who commanded the ship that brought me from France… — John James Audubon
- A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the… — Russell Baker
- Prayer is a trade to be learned. We must be apprentices and serve our time at it. Painstaking care, much thought, practice… — Edward McKendree Bounds
- What citizens of a free country would listen to any offers of good and skillful administration in return for the abdication of… — John Stuart Mill
- The best architects feel it to be their duty to make the path to the hole as free as possible from annoying… — Robert Hunter
- The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it. — Madame Roland
- Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents… — John Ruskin