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“Some men have a great gift of making money, but they can't spend it. Others can't put two shillings together, but they have a great talent for all sorts of outlay. I begin to think that my genius is wholly in the latter line.”

Volume 1 Chapter 15 Barchester Towers The Widow S Suitors

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“... I may question the infallibility of the teachers, but I hope that I shall not therefore be accused of doubt as to the thing to be taught.”

War Volume 1 Chapter 6 Barchester Towers

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“Never mind love. After all, what is it? The dream of a few weeks. That is all its joy. The disappointment of a life is its Nemesis. Who was ever successful in true love? Success in love argues that the love is false. True love is always despondent or tragical. Juliet loved, Haidee loved, Dido loved, and what came of it? Troilus loved and ceased to be a man.”

Chapter 8 Barchester Towers Volume 2 A Love Scene

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“Never mind love. After all, what is it? The dream of a few weeks. That is all its joy. The disappointment of a life is its Nemesis. Who was ever successful in true love? Success in love argues that the love is false. True love is always despondent or tragical.’ . . . ‘There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.”

Chapter 8 Barchester Towers Volume 2 A Love Scene

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