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There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.

Anthony Trollope

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But the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars.
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The circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature.
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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen.
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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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When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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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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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
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