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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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They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind. – 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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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a months study of books. – Chinese Proverb

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As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he cant carry a movie. Theyll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they wont put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie. – George A. Romero

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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you dont just read about it you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it. – Hugh Jackman

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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that. – Barbara Kingsolver

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