A man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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I am not fit to marry. I am often cross, and I like my own way, and I have a distaste for men.
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Whom does anybody trust so implicitly as he trusts his own attorney? And yet is it not the case that the body of attorneys is supposed to be the most roguish body in existence?
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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 doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover’s mind if she knew the whole of it.
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If a cook can’t make soup between two and seven, she can’t make it in a week.
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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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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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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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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.
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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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The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can’t fly away.
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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