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I hate a stupid man who can’t talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man who is too lazy to make any effort to shine; but I particularly dislike the man who is always striving for effect.

Anthony Trollope

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Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
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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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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.
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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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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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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It is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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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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The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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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
There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
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When once a woman is married she should be regarded as having thrown off her allegiance to her own sex. She is sure to be treacherous at any rate in one direction.
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