Make all men equal to-day, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal to-morrow.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing
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There are worse things than a lie… I have found… that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.
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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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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.
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My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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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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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
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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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People seen by the mind are exactly different to things seen by the eye. They grow smaller and smaller as you come nearer down to them, whereas things become bigger.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced.
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