Talents
In 1770, he achieved glory for a bagpipe related incident, however most of his notoriety was attributed to his jaw - solid as metal and simply unbreakable; contrary to the jaws of those who opposed him.
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Famous quotes containing the word talents:
“Ovid lies here, the poet, skilled in love’s gentle sport;
By his own talents he worked his undoing.
Oh, you who pass by, if ever you have loved,
Think it not a burden to wish him calm repose.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“I am sure that in estimating every man’s value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“To say that God has given a man many and great talents frequently means that he has brought his heavens down within reach of his hands.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)