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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.

Anthony Trollope

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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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Greatest Honesty Most Rogues Talk Think
Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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Flavor Price Value
When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
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Him Illness Important Man Nothing Own
Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
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Boast Himself Least Let Man May Peril Seventh Through
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
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
Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties…and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
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Admire Always Arch Beauty Life Master Neck Prance Showy Work
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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Disobey Drop Force Hollow Law Nothing Potent Stone Surely Water
What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
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Book Civil Coffee Cup Earth Ecer Everything Luxurious More
Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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Country Course Herself Lady never People Person Suckie Young
The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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Being Fullest Hand Happiest Man Money Trouble Work
Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.
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Doubt Fashion Life Measure Men Place Politics Public Say
One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced.
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Clever Conscience Genius Good Great Many Minister One Prime Thing Want
What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife? And yet men expect that women shall put on altogether new characters when they are married, and girls think that they can do so.
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Altogether Change Character Expect Girl Himself Man Married New Put Shall Suit Think Wife Woman
When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
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Connect Dog Fencing Himself Little Simply Small Smart Uncomfortable
But mad people never die. That’s a well-known fact. They’ve nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever.
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Die Ever Fact Known Mad Man never Nothing Trouble Well

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