People seen by the mind are exactly different to things seen by the eye. They grow smaller and smaller as you come nearer down to them, whereas things become bigger.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIs it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every man gives to his own attorney in particular?
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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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I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.
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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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Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man’s honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.
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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.
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Taken altogether, Washington as a city is most unsatisfactory, and falls more grievously short of the thing attempted than any other of the great undertakings of which I have seen anything in the United States.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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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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One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced.
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I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
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Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.
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