Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit. (Cicero)

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit.

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