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

Other quotes by Robert Hall

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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War
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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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In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall

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power
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It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. – Roger Ascham

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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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The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid. – Marcus Aurelius

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Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – John Updike

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So many signatures for such a small heart. – Mother Theresa

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Nothing is forever, if you have enough power tools. – S.A. Sachs

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What Whitney Houston has accomplished will never be accomplished. Shes the most famous person on the planet as far as vocaling and her songs. So Im very happy that I can sit here and say I had a chance to know her. And Im still dazed that shes gone. But she lives because her music is so powerful. – Narada Michael Walden

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I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. Its just moving on with its efforts. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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