"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."

Power, Wisdom, Thought, Dying

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"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."

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"A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Wolf, Lion, Mockery

"Think you're a slave and you'll find a master, think you're a master and slaves will find you."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Power, Master, Control, Freedom

"Only when the lion is out of sight can you raise your fist at him."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Fear, Courage, Caution

"Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Power, Mind, Heart, Soul, Life

"The kind of gospel that our churches are preaching sometimes are not powerful enough to change the very street where these churches are located talk less of the nation where they are."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Power, Gospel, Church, Change

"The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Power, Knowledge, Control, Books

"Money, Gun and Lie can solve almost all the problems."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Power, Money, Lie, Problem, Life

"Most powerful is he who never cared for power."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Power, Care, Never, Most

"We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Power, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

"This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Power, Being, Miracles

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"The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade."

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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."

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"It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually."

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"A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away."

"Think you're a slave and you'll find a master, think you're a master and slaves will find you."

"Only when the lion is out of sight can you raise your fist at him."

"Your mind is a weapon. Your heart is an asset. Your soul is a treasure. Your life is a jewel."

"The kind of gospel that our churches are preaching sometimes are not powerful enough to change the very street where these churches are located talk less of the nation where they are."

"The Librarians control the information... They control what gets read, what gets seen, and what gets learned. Because of that they have power."

"Money, Gun and Lie can solve almost all the problems."

"Most powerful is he who never cared for power."

"We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes."

"This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted."

Explore more quotes by Anthony Trollope

"The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade."

"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."

"It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually."

"I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it."

"When men think much, they can rarely decide."

"When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness."

"No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself."

"High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart."

"Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth."

"And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman."