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“It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.”
Part 4, LXXXVIII
Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866)

“Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter.”
Source: Duma Key

“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort.”
Section 77
Reflections on the Human Condition (1973)
Context: They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Jnana

Source: About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews

“Everybody has talent at twenty-five. The difficult thing is to have it at fifty.”
posthumous quotes, The Shop-Talk of Edgar Degas', (1961)

“The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage.”
"On Elementary Instruction in Physiology" (1877) http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/CE3/ElPhys.html
1870s
Context: The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real and genuine, I do not believe that it is other than a very valuable possession, however infinitesimal its quantity may be. Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?