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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Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks. – Anthony Trollope

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The pine stays green in winter… wisdom in hardship. – Norman Douglas

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For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. – John Webster

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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his fathers wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his fathers care. – William Penn

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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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