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Wallace Stegner Quotes

Wallace Stegner quotes about wisdom

American Novelist February 18, 1909 – April 13, 1993

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Wallace Stegner quote: "The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue..."
The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus. Wallace Stegner
Civilizations grow by agreements and accomodations and accretions, not by repudiations. The rebels and the revolutionaries are only eddies, they keep the stream from getting stagnant but they get swept down and absorbed, they're a side issue. Quiet desperation is another name for the human condition. If revolutionaries would learn that they can't remodel society by day after tomorrow -- haven't the wisdom to and shouldn't be permitted to -- I'd have more respect for them ... Civilizations... Wallace Stegner
It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by, and it's persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any. Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner quote: "Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept."
Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept. Wallace Stegner

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