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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A mans love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit. – Anthony Trollope

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Im not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there its like relaxing into – and an acceptance of – things. – Tina Turner

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At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly. – Mason Cooley

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