| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 46241 |
| QUOTATION: | If you have great talents, industry will improve them: if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sir Joshua Reynolds (17231792), British artist, critic. speech, Dec. 11, 1769.
To students of the Royal Academy, London. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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