A Quote by Ihara Saikaku
To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.
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Reason alone is insufficient to make us enthusiastic in any matter.
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There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. The sternest comment that can be made against employers as a class lies in the fact that men of Ability usually succeed in showing their worth in spite of their employer, and not with his assistance and encouragement.
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They may well fear fate who have any infirmity of habit or aim: but they who rest on what is have a destiny beyond destiny, and can make mouths of fortune.
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Walls and barriers alone are insufficient to insure security.
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