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“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.”
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Anthony Hope
#Life Quotes
#Understanding Quotes
#Doe Quotes
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“Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?”
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Anthony Hope
#People Quotes
#Telling The Truth Quotes
#Falsehood Quotes
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“Good families are generally worse than any others.”
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Anthony Hope
Source : Anthony Hope (2016). “The Prisoner of Zenda”, p.4, Xist Publishing
#Good Family Quotes
#Human Condition Quotes
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“I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.”
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Anthony Hope
#May Quotes
#Admiration Quotes
#Admire Quotes
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“You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.”
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Anthony Hope
Source : 'The Dolly Dialogues' (1894) no. 14
#Yield Quotes
#Temptation Quotes
#Absurd Quotes
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“He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have no use for them.”
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Anthony Hope
Source : Anthony Hope (2006). “Dolly Dialogues”, p.121, 1st World Publishing
#Giving Quotes
#People Quotes
#Use Quotes
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“Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.”
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Anthony Hope
Source : Anthony Hope (2014). “The Dolly Dialogues”, p.106, The Floating Press
#Writing Quotes
#Genius Quotes
#Aim Quotes
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“I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.”
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Anthony Hope
Source : Dolly Dialogues (1894) no. 22
#Ignorance Quotes
#Wish Quotes
#Littles Quotes
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“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.”
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Anthony Hope
Source : Anthony Hope (2011). “The Prisoner of Zenda”, p.94, House of Stratus
#Men Quotes
#Needs Quotes
#Knaves Quotes
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“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.”
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Anthony Hope
Source : Anthony Hope (2006). “Prisoner of Zenda EasyRead Comfort Editi”, p.275, ReadHowYouWant.com
#Beautiful Quotes
#Fall Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
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“I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).”
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Anthony Hope
Source : Anthony Hope (2016). “The Prisoner of Zenda”, p.4, Xist Publishing
#Money Quotes
#Income Quotes
#Want Quotes
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“Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.”
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Anthony Hope
Source : 'The Dolly Dialogues' (1894) no. 12
#Want Quotes
#Economy Quotes
#Cases Quotes
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