There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhom 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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The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
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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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A husband is very much like a house or a horse.
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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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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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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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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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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.
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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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If you cross the Atlantic with an American lady you invariably fall in love with her before the journey is over.
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Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.
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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
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Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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