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"Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more."
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"He could raise scruples dark and nice, And after solve em in a trice: As if Divinity had catchd The itch, on purpose to be scratchd."
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Abilities are powers an agent has to perform various actions. They include common abilities, like walking, and rare abilities, like performing a double backflip. Abilities are intelligent powers: they are guided by the person's intention and executing them successfully results in an action, which is not true for all types of powers. They are closely related to but not identical with various other
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"We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and a square person has squeezed himself into the round hole."
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"Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire."
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"There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability."
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"The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes."
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"As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities."
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