Quote by Robert Hall
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days. – Robert Hall

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Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall

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History
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A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. – Robert Hall

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Friendship
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War is nothing less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included. – Robert Hall

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If to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness. – Jane Smiley

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Ive always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it. – Peter Jennings

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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. – East African Proverb

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Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom. – Havelock Ellis

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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. – John F. Kennedy

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Time and the hour run through the roughest day. – William Shakespeare

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I dont know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why hes funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me. – Paul Lynde

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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. – George Bernard Shaw

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