In the deep, unwritten wisdom of life there are many things to be learned that cannot be taught. We never know them by hearing them spoken, but we grow into them by experience and recognize them through understanding. Understanding is a great experience in itself, but it does not come through instruction.

Anthony Hope

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Somehow love gives even to a dull man the knowledge of his lover'... by Anthony Hope

Somehow love gives even to a dull man the knowledge of his lover's heart.

heart giving men

I may not understand, but I am willing to admire. by Anthony Hope

I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.

admiration understanding may

He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have no use for them.

doe giving people

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible. by Anthony Hope

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

genius success writing

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance c... by Anthony Hope

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.

poetry ignorance wish

For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.

knaves men needs

There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to where she ever dwells; then I can thank God that I love the noblest lady in the world, the most gracious and beautiful, and that there was nothing in my love that made her fall short in her high duty.

beautiful fall thinking

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the... by Anthony Hope

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.

absurd yield temptation

I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).

income money want

Good families are generally worse than any others. by Anthony Hope

Good families are generally worse than any others.

good-family human-condition

Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.

economy want-something should

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally pr... by Anthony Hope

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

truth-and-falsehood telling-the-truth people

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could... by Anthony Hope

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible. by Anthony Hope

Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

best you aim genius

His foe was folly and his weapon wit. by Anthony Hope

His foe was folly and his weapon wit.

weapon his foe wit