Als / Than Angehoben / Raised Bildung / Education Fähigkeit / Ability Häufig / Often Mann / Man Mehr / More Natürlich / Natural Ohne / Without Ruhm / Glory Tugend / Virtue
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
Nature has always had more force than education.
With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.
What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.
Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.
Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw.
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
