They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThat I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
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I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . .
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When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
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There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
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Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
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Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
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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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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
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Any one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge.
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I am ready to obey as a child; :;but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason.
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My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.
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Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.
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