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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.

Anthony Trollope

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Even False Known Man Resist Thought Woman Word
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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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Between Differences Life Such Theory
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Connect Dog Fencing Himself Little Simply Small Smart Uncomfortable
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Attorney Common Every Exactly General Give Opposite Remarkable Repute
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