I hate a stupid man who can’t talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man who is too lazy to make any effort to shine; but I particularly dislike the man who is always striving for effect.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhat man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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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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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man’s honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.
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Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone.
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It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
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Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
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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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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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Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
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Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.
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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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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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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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