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.

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The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will...

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will...

A husband is very much like a house or a horse.

A husband is very much like a house or a horse.

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined....

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined....

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can...

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can...

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty...

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty...

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which...

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.

Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong...

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong...

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want...

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want...

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter...

This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter...

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Life is so unlike theory.

Life is so unlike theory.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.