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DICTIONARY OF PROSE QUOTATIONS Ability A 1 The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. Gibbon, Décliné and Fallt ch. 68 2 There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability. La Rochefoucauld, Reflections 3 The desire of appearing to be wise, often prevents our becoming so. La Rochefoucauld. Reflections Abnormality 4 The abnormal must always be feit, although it may rarely form the subject of a picture or poem. & To make the abnormal ever visible and obtrusively present is to violate the harmony of Nature ; to avoid the abnormal is to y.itroduce a fatal accent of insincerity Therefore it may be said that the final achievement of genius is tne introduction and artistic use of the abnormal. George Moore, Impressions and Opinions : Balzac Absence 5 Presents, I often say, endear absents. Charles Lamb, A Dissertation ujbon Roast Pig 6 Absence quickens our love and elevates our affections. Absence is the invisible and incorporeal mother of ideal beauty. Landor, Imag. Convers. : Kosciusko as3 Poniatowski s