Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhy is it that when men and women congregate, though the men may beat the women in numbers by ten to one, and through they certainly speak the louder.
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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
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A man who would tell me that I am pretty, unless he is over seventy, ought to be kicked out of the room. But a man who can’t show me that he thinks me so without saying a word about it, is a lout.
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It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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A man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
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When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.
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When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.
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No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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Let a man be of what side he may in politics, unless he be much more of a partisan than a patriot, he will think it well that there should be some equity of division in the bestowal of crumbs of comfort.
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The girl can look forward to little else than the chance of having a good man for her husband; a good man, or if her tastes lie in that direction, a rich man.
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Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.
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The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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