Anthony Trollope Quotes
The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life.
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The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited.
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In Taiwan, I'd be like Michael Jordan walking down the street.
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We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.
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Any who stand in my way shall be cut down!
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Since I've been here, they've made great decisions. And I'm sure they'll make the right decision here.
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Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.
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His sanguine spirit turns every firefly into a star.
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I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.
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It is better to say one Our Father fervently and devoutly than a thousand with no devotion and full of distraction.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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If your opponent praises you: beware! But if he gets stuck into you, you are usually on the right way.
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By patriotism I mean the welfare of the whole people, if I secure it at the hands of my opponent, I should bow down my head to him.
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Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our way of placating that half of our being which is in a sense a spectator of the other.
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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life.
