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But that an old faith should remain with the poor after it has been abandoned by the rich is not so easily intelligible."
Her father scowled at her and told her that her mind in the matter was of no concern.
And if it were true also that she had fought a duel with one husband, that also ought to be a reason why a gentleman should object to become her second husband.
I like to live whether I've got money or not.
Whatever be the misery to be endured, get it over. The horror of every agony is in its anticipation.
"A man is great who has made for himself such a position as that of Mr Melmotte. And when such a one leaves your Church and joins our own, it is a great sign to us that the Truth is prevailing." Roger Carbury, without another word, took his candle and went to bed.
If the spending of money could do it, it should be done.
Throughout the world, the more wrong a man does, the more indignant is he at wrong done to him.
But then,—as all the world knows,—there is a wide difference between young men and young women!
The carrying an external look of indifference when the heart is sinking within,—or has sunk almost to the very ground,—is more than difficult; it is an agonizing task. In all mental suffering the sufferer longs for solitude,—for permission to cast himself loose along the ground, so that every limb and every feature of his person may faint in sympathy with his heart.
dishonest. Fraud and dishonesty had been the very principle of his life, and had so become a part of his blood and bones that even in this extremity of his misery he made no question within himself as to his right judgment in regard to them.
Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
"You see, sir, I've been so much in earnest about this girl that I haven't thought of inquiring about any one else. There always is some one up with a lot of money. It's a pity there shouldn't be a regular statement published with the amount of money, and what is expected in return. It'd save a deal of trouble."
