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It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything.

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Anthony Trollope
Age: 67 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 24
Died: 1882
Died: December 6
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The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.
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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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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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What is there that money will not do?
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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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Money is neither god nor devil, that it should make one noble and another vile. It is an accident, and if honestly possessed, may pass from you to me, or from me to you, without a stain.
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I never believe anything that a lawyer says when he has a wig on his head and a fee in his hand. I prepare myself beforehand to regard it all as mere words, supplied at so much the thousand. I know he'll say whatever he thinks most likely to forward his own views.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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Take away from English authors their copyrights, and you would very soon take away from England her authors.
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He was essentially a truth-speaking man, if only he know how to speak the truth.
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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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