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We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves.

Anthony Trollope

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Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.
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Enjoyment Flatter Greedy Learn Men Patriotism Pleasant Power Quick Require Themselves
Beware of creating tedium!
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Beware Create Tedium
Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
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Always Happy Matter Melancholy Most Novel Pretty Romance Story Tell Very
One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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Can Jug One Only Pour
There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
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Bliss Equal Hour Human Six Work
The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
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Adequate Could Indeed Ladder Life Men might Perfection Picture True
I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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Anything Do Government Knew never Want
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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Another Choose Found Lie May Order Shunned Sin Thing Well Worse
Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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Before Coward Men Tyrants Until Women
A man’s mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
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Compleleld Driven Emergency Gradually Itself Man Mind Refuse Until
I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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Greatest Honesty Most Rogues Talk Think
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.
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Chance Direction Forward Girl Good Husband Little Man Taste
I am ready to obey as a child; :;but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason.
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Child Obey Ought Ready Reason
The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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Best God Provide Thankful Use
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
Why is it that when men and women congregate, though the men may beat the women in numbers by ten to one, and through they certainly speak the louder.
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Certainty Congregate Ebit May Men Number One Ten Through Women

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