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Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.

Anthony Trollope

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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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Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
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Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
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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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I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor.
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Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.
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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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Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties…and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
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A farmer’s horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind.
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Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man’s honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.
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Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.
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