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Quote by John Updike
Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed

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

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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. – John Updike

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Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. – John Updike

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If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent if you believe the military, nothing is safe. – Lord Salisbury

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And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of Gods loving wisdom become actualities – interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm. – Rowan D. Williams

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Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next. – Herbert Hoover

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This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdoms school. – Thomas Dekker

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