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What a revolting contrast exists in England between the slavery of women and the intellectual superiority of women writers. ↗

— Flora Tristan

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I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself. ↗

— Travis Tritt

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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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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. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#clan #doctrine #honesty #honesty is #incompatible

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing. The rocks and valleys are no good at all, if you haven't got that. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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