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

Anthony Trollope

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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
The circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature.
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Circumstance Declare Dependent Duration Matter Nature Seem Simple Such Trail Understood
What is there that money will not do?
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Do Money There Will
For there is no folly so great as keeping one’s sorrows hidden.
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Folly Great Hidden Keep No Sorrow
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
Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.
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Above All Else Enough Good never Think
Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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Enough Good Man never Think
The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
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Charm Double Down Life Oneself Opponent Pill Pleasure Politician Raise
No other American city is so intensely American as New York.
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Country Intensely Location No Other Place
Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
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Bond Giant Little Man Packthread Right Rule
Is it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every man gives to his own attorney in particular?
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Attorney Common Every Exactly General Give Opposite Remarkable Repute
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
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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Man More Much Partisan Patrick Politics Side Some Think Unless Well Will
It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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Death Gone Last Live Long Other Pleasure Recreation Support
I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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Chatter Down Hold Insignificant Put Those Wish World
Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.
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Change Content Divine Human Hurry Lower Sink Something Test
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
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Come Easy Misfortune Necessary Success Very Unfortunate
Of Dickens’ style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules…
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Create Defense Dicken Impossible Jerky Praise Rule Style Ungrammatical
Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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Deceive Else Men No One Succeed Themselves
Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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Difficult Easy Generally Listener Old Speaker Speechless Young
No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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Dare Ever Imitate No Novelist Style Young
Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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Attain Could Equality Heaven
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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Creeper Delicate Found Grow Parasite Plant Prosper Stroke Tower
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
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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Another Catch Done Hear never Presence Salmon Some Achievement
Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
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Dose Poison Small Success Taken
The 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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Good Greatest Made Man Mistake Suppose Thing Win World Worth

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