I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
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I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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Let a man be of what side he may in politics, unless he be much more of a partisan than a patriot, he will think it well that there should be some equity of division in the bestowal of crumbs of comfort.
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Of all hatreds that the world produces, a wife’s hatred for her husband, when she does hate him, is the strongest.
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Any one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge.
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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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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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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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When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.
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The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
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Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
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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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