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A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife.
Anthony Trollope
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Anthony Trollope
Age: 67 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 24
Died: 1882
Died: December 6
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An enemy might at any time become a friend, but while an enemy was an enemy he should be trodden on and persecuted.
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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can. They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse.
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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
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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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