Letter to Leopold Mozart (11 September 1778), from Wolfgang Amadé Mozart by Georg Knepler (1991), trans. J. Bradford Robinson [Cambridge University Press, 1994, ], p. 12.
Variant: A fellow of mediocre talent will remain a mediocrity, whether he travels or not; but one of superior talent (which without impiety I cannot deny that I possess) will go to seed if he always remains in the same place.
“Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.”
Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from A Separate Reality (Chapter 6)
Source: The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), P. 61
Rolling Stone Issue No. 213 (May 20, 1976) on Charlie Chaplin
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”
“A man must stand against evil wherever he finds it and he must use all his talents.”
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 6
Context: Nothing in life is easy, Arvan. But it's what I'm trained for. To lead an army. To bring death and destruction on my enemies [... ] A man must stand against evil wherever he finds it and he must use all his talents.
"Letters of E. B. White" (1976), p. 251
The Good Word & Other Words (1978)
Former Australian cricketer Rod Marsh on Steven Smith. https://www.thenational.ae/sport/in-steve-smith-australia-tab-right-man-for-the-job-to-captain-test-side-1.71238?videoId=5719243807001
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