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He should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.

Anthony Trollope

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Apt Complaint Enough Envious God Hate Humility Manliness Spiteful Succes Want
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I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
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Best Dress Gentlemen Hols Observe
Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.
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Decrease English Estate Gentlemen Hand never Noblemen Preserve Resolution Such
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Many More Much People Talk
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Cham Down One Only Peg Screw Thing
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Doubt Girl Knew Lover Mind Satisfy Whether Whole
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Affair Always Any Hedge Horse Look Man Prominent Steal
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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