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Ability without honor is useless.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I add this also, that natural ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. [Lat., Etiam illud adjungo, saepius ad laudem atque virtutem naturam sine doctrina, quam sine natura valisse doctrinam.]
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Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
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His deeds do not agree with his words. [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
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Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed. [Lat., In ipsa dubitatione facinus inest, etiamsi ad id non pervererint.]
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