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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Talent |
| Magni est ingenii revocare mentem a sensibus, et cogitationem a consuetudine abducere. It is a proof of great talents to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit. Cicero—Tusculanarum Disputationum. I. 16. | 1 |
| Occultæ musices nullus respectus. Concealed talent brings no reputation. Erasmus—Adagia. Suetonius—Nero. 20. | 2 |
| Ne forçons point notre talent; Nous ne ferions rien avec grâce: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu’il fasse, Ne saurait passer pour galant. Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. La Fontaine—Fables. IV. 5. | 3 |
| Talent is that which is in a man’s power! Genius is that in whose power a man is. Lowell—Among my Books. Rousseau and the Sentimentalists. | 4 |
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