Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.
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The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope
"I doubt there is any true courage," said he, "in squabbling for money."
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Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
No virtue could charm him, no vice shock him. He had about him a natural good manner, which seemed to qualify him for the highest circles, and yet he was never out of place in the lowest.
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Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
"A spoken word, Sir Abraham, is often of more value than volumes of written advice."
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The Warden by Anthony Trollope
"What is any public question but a conglomeration of private interests?"
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The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Velvet and gilding do not make a throne, nor gold and jewels a sceptre. It is a throne because the most exalted one sits there,—and a sceptre because the most mighty one wields it.
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The Warden by Anthony Trollope
You might pass Eleanor Harding in the street without notice, but you could hardly pass an evening with her and not lose your heart.
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The Warden by Anthony Trollope
They say that faint heart never won fair lady; and it is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!
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The Warden by Anthony Trollope
The bishop did not whistle: we believe that they lose the power of doing so on being consecrated.
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The Warden by Anthony Trollope
"One evening call," said he, "is worth ten in the morning. It's all formality in the morning; real social talk never begins till after dinner."
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The Warden by Anthony Trollope