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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.

Anthony Trollope

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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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Esteem Long Love Lst Much Passionate Rarely Troublesome Valuable Very
A man’s mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
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Compleleld Driven Emergency Gradually Itself Man Mind Refuse Until
After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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After Bank Best Grudge Money Next Thing
Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.
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Decrease English Estate Gentlemen Hand never Noblemen Preserve Resolution Such
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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Before Behind Break Curb Farmer Go Horse Lame never Throw Until
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
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Come Easy Misfortune Necessary Success Very Unfortunate
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
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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Child Obey Ought Ready Reason
Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.
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Above All Else Enough Good never Think
Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity.
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Character Charity Consider Discuss Given Much Other Spirit Structure
I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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Ambition Compatible Home Muse Passage People Person Reader Surprise Unknown
My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.
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Coin Hemisphere More Sweetheart
There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance.
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Console Establish Generally Grievance Man Noting Perhaps Well
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.
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All Brought Closeness Grievous Hope Human Man Mind Most Obdrver Sufficient Thing Understand
I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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Anything Do Government Knew never Want
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.
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Enjoyment Flatter Greedy Learn Men Patriotism Pleasant Power Quick Require Themselves

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