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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

Anthony Trollope

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Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.
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Enjoyment Flatter Greedy Learn Men Patriotism Pleasant Power Quick Require Themselves
Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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Audacity Gret Measure Virtue Wool
What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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Change Himself Man Suit Think Wife
I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
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Describe Description Doubt Ever Gavem Idea Place Scenery
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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Apt Complaint Enough Envious God Hate Humility Manliness Spiteful Succes Want
A man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration.
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Cause Disturbance Man Married People Suppose
The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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Best God Provide Thankful Use
I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.
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Being Bloodthirsty Philanthropist Profesional Sometimes Through Venomous
It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man’s interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
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Become Clan Doctrine Interest Large Man Politician Slow Subversive Unnecessary
I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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Anything Do Government Knew never Want
When once a woman is married she should be regarded as having thrown off her allegiance to her own sex. She is sure to be treacherous at any rate in one direction.
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Allegiance Direction Have Married Once Own Regard Sex Thrown Treacherous Women
Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
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Cham Down One Only Peg Screw Thing
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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Advertise Anything Become Certainty Now Sell Sufficient
I ain’t a bit ashamed of anything.
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Anything Ashamed Bid
Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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Hideous Picture Portable Poverty Rural Suburban
Travel with the same woman in a railway car for twelve hours, and you will have written her down in your own mind in quite other language than that of love.
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Car Down Hour Love Mind Quite Railway Same Travel Woman

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