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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.

Anthony Trollope

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Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
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Associate Awkward Ease Form Gaitstruglle Limb Men Often REquired Sky Urgainly Word Yet Young
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
It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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Death Gone Last Live Long Other Pleasure Recreation Support
No other American city is so intensely American as New York.
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Country Intensely Location No Other Place
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
The concrete sound that meets the ears of any outside listener is always a sound of women’s voices?
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Always Concrete Ear Listener Meet Outside Sound Voice Women
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
Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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Flavor Price Value
The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.
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Cloven Cunning Devil Drink Grow Hide Honest Hoof Lose Sober
But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it?
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Decline Ever Offer Secret Yet
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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Another Catch Done Hear never Presence Salmon Some Achievement
Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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Enough Good Man never Think
The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
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Adequate Could Indeed Ladder Life Men might Perfection Picture True
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
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.
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Been Bring Chastened Difficulty Duty Fastened Feel Instigate Love Mainly Man Marriage Till
When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
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Connect Dog Fencing Himself Little Simply Small Smart Uncomfortable

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