The Art of Worldly Wisdom (34)

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Know your strongest point — your pre-eminent gift — cultivate that and you will assist the rest. Every one would have excelled in something if he had known his strong point. Notice in what quality you surpass, and take charge of that. In some judgment excels, in others valour. Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing. Time disillusionises us too late of what first flattered the passions.

《处世之道——300则永恒的人间智慧》，Baltasar Gracian 著