Quote by Anthony Trollope
It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution. – Anthony Trollope

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In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise. – Anthony Trollope

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Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early. – Anthony Trollope

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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. – Matsuo Basho

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Wisdom sails with wind and time. – John Florio

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Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. – Gerald Brenan

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I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect. – Alex Grey

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Nature thrives on patience; man on impatience. – Paul Boese

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No wise person should make known the loss of fortune, any malpractice in their house, his being cheated, or having been disgraced. – Hitopadesa

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Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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