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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.

Anthony Trollope

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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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Apasmodiac Daily Dainty Hercules Labour Really Stone Task
A man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
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Been Bring Chastened Difficulty Duty Fastened Feel Instigate Love Mainly Man Marriage Till
Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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Afford Any Love Luxury Other Right Unless
There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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Among Democratic Feeling More Nothing People Popular Strong Tyrannical
Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.
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Biography Day Kept Man Morning National Breakfast Nobody Post Ready Unless
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
This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
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Bold God Greatest Habit Make Most Pass Perfect Pleasure Prepare Purest Read Tell
Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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Attain Could Equality Heaven
Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.
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Above All Else Enough Good never Think
Any one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge.
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Affair Always Any Hedge Horse Look Man Prominent Steal
When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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Decide Men Much Rarely Think
Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.
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Brave Certainty Credit Favor Fortune Give Most Themselves Unlimited World
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
I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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Ambition Compatible Home Muse Passage People Person Reader Surprise Unknown
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

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