The girl can look forward to little else than the chance of having a good man for her husband; a good man, or if her tastes lie in that direction, a rich man.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEOf course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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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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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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I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover’s mind if she knew the whole of it.
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There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
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If a cook can’t make soup between two and seven, she can’t make it in a week.
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Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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There are worse things than a lie… I have found… that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.
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A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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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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Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
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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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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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