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The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.

Anthony Trollope

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It is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
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Angry Done Incline Little Naturally Other Proof Reach Singular Speak Think
Travel with the same woman in a railway car for twelve hours, and you will have written her down in your own mind in quite other language than that of love.
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Car Down Hour Love Mind Quite Railway Same Travel Woman
Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
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Boast Himself Least Let Man May Peril Seventh Through
There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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Acquirement Art Cut Learn No Road Royal Short
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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Disobey Drop Force Hollow Law Nothing Potent Stone Surely Water
It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man’s interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
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Become Clan Doctrine Interest Large Man Politician Slow Subversive Unnecessary
That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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Bless Great Happy Raed While
For there is no folly so great as keeping one’s sorrows hidden.
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Folly Great Hidden Keep No Sorrow
He should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
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Above Cautious Digestion General Good Manner Skin Timid
There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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Among Democratic Feeling More Nothing People Popular Strong Tyrannical
What is there that money will not do?
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Do Money There Will
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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Creeper Delicate Found Grow Parasite Plant Prosper Stroke Tower
The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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Good Greatest Made Man Mistake Suppose Thing Win World Worth
It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
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Advertise Anything Become Certainty Now Sell Sufficient
If you cross the Atlantic with an American lady you invariably fall in love with her before the journey is over.
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Atlantic Before Country Cross Fall Invariably Journey Love Over Woman
We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves.
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Believe Foreigner Ourselves Possible Respect Wiser

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