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Anthony Trollope quotes: When men think much, they can rarely decide. When men think much, they can rarely decide.
Anthony Trollope quotes: There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
Anthony Trollope quotes: What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee? ... Was ever anything so civil? What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee? ... Was ever anything so civil?
Anthony Trollope quotes: The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning. The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
Anthony Trollope quotes: It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit to do. It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit to do.
Anthony Trollope quotes: There is an aptness, a propriety, a fitness in these things which one can understand perhaps better than explain. There is an aptness, a propriety, a fitness in these things which one can understand perhaps better than explain.
Anthony Trollope quotes: When one wants to be natural, of necessity one becomes the reverse of natural. When one wants to be natural, of necessity one becomes the reverse of natural.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it. Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
Anthony Trollope quotes: The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work. The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
Anthony Trollope quotes: You shall be my pet, and my poppet, and my dearest little duck all the days of your life. You shall be my pet, and my poppet, and my dearest little duck all the days of your life.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Flirting I take to be the excitement of love, without its reality, and without its ordinary result in marriage. Flirting I take to be the excitement of love, without its reality, and without its ordinary result in marriage.
Anthony Trollope quotes: I think I owe my life to cork soles. I think I owe my life to cork soles.
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER XLIII PERSECUTION CHAPTER XLIII PERSECUTION
Anthony Trollope quotes: She was dark, thin, healthy, good-looking, clever, ambitious, rich, unsatisfied, perhaps unscrupulous - but not without a conscience. She was dark, thin, healthy, good-looking, clever, ambitious, rich, unsatisfied, perhaps unscrupulous - but not without a conscience.
Anthony Trollope quotes: The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest. The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.
Anthony Trollope quotes: the public is defrauded when it is purposely misled. Poor public! how often is it misled! against what a world of fraud has it to contend! the public is defrauded when it is purposely misled. Poor public! how often is it misled! against what a world of fraud has it to contend!
Anthony Trollope quotes: A pleasant letter I hold to be the pleasantest thing that this world has to give. A pleasant letter I hold to be the pleasantest thing that this world has to give.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do. Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do.
Anthony Trollope quotes: A man who is a gentleman in his cups may be trusted to be a gentleman at all times. A man who is a gentleman in his cups may be trusted to be a gentleman at all times.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Now, Justinia, you are unfair. Now, Justinia, you are unfair.
Anthony Trollope quotes: If a cook can't make soup between two and seven, she can't make it in a week. If a cook can't make soup between two and seven, she can't make it in a week.
Anthony Trollope quotes: I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything. I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
Anthony Trollope quotes: He was not witty, nor did he deal in anecdotes. He was not witty, nor did he deal in anecdotes.
Anthony Trollope quotes: It seems to me that if a man can so train himself that he may live honestly and die fearlessly, he has done about as much as is necessary. It seems to me that if a man can so train himself that he may live honestly and die fearlessly, he has done about as much as is necessary.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Book love ... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. Book love ... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
Anthony Trollope quotes: It was Mr. Gotobed, who had just returned from a visit which he had made, the circumstances of which must be narrated in the next chapter. The It was Mr. Gotobed, who had just returned from a visit which he had made, the circumstances of which must be narrated in the next chapter. The
Anthony Trollope quotes: The grace and beauty of life will be clean gone when we all become useful men. The grace and beauty of life will be clean gone when we all become useful men.
Anthony Trollope quotes: A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them. A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them.
Anthony Trollope quotes: A man can't do what he likes with his coverts. A man can't do what he likes with his coverts.
Anthony Trollope quotes: It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it. It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it.
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER LXXI 'MY OWN, OWN HUSBAND CHAPTER LXXI 'MY OWN, OWN HUSBAND
Anthony Trollope quotes: Take away from English authors their copyrights, and you would very soon take away from England her authors. Take away from English authors their copyrights, and you would very soon take away from England her authors.
Anthony Trollope quotes: There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Mrs Grantly after her father's death. This matter, therefore, had been taken out of the warden's hands Mrs Grantly after her father's death. This matter, therefore, had been taken out of the warden's hands
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER LVII MRS. MORTON RETURNS CHAPTER LVII MRS. MORTON RETURNS
Anthony Trollope quotes: My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere. My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.
Anthony Trollope quotes: E ate so much that he became too fat to see to eat his vittels. E ate so much that he became too fat to see to eat his vittels.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Short accounts make long friends. Short accounts make long friends.
Anthony Trollope quotes: It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there. It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.
Anthony Trollope quotes: I have never walked down Fifth Avenue alone without thinking of money. I have never walked down Fifth Avenue alone without thinking of money.
Anthony Trollope quotes: That fighting of a battle without belief is, I think, the sorriest task which ever falls to the lot of any man. That fighting of a battle without belief is, I think, the sorriest task which ever falls to the lot of any man.
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER LXIX SCROBBY'S TRIAL CHAPTER LXIX SCROBBY'S TRIAL
Anthony Trollope quotes: Lord Chiltern Rides His Horse Bonebreaker Lord Chiltern Rides His Horse Bonebreaker
Anthony Trollope quotes: He is no better than anybody else that I can see, and he is beginning to give himself airs, He is no better than anybody else that I can see, and he is beginning to give himself airs,
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER XLI THE SENATOR IS BADLY TREATED CHAPTER XLI THE SENATOR IS BADLY TREATED
Anthony Trollope quotes: And so he walked on from day to day studiously striving to look a man, but knowing within his breast that he was a god. And so he walked on from day to day studiously striving to look a man, but knowing within his breast that he was a god.
Anthony Trollope quotes: I like everything old-fashioned," said Eleanor; "old-fashioned things are so much the honestest. I like everything old-fashioned," said Eleanor; "old-fashioned things are so much the honestest.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent. Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.
Anthony Trollope quotes: A woman's weapon is her tongue. A woman's weapon is her tongue.
Anthony Trollope quotes: What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife? What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
Anthony Trollope quotes: The cigar has been smoked out, and we are the ashes. The cigar has been smoked out, and we are the ashes.
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER LXI THE SUCCESS OF LADY AUGUSTUS CHAPTER LXI THE SUCCESS OF LADY AUGUSTUS
Anthony Trollope quotes: A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
Anthony Trollope quotes: A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces. A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.
Anthony Trollope quotes: I believe journalism is coming to be regarded as quite a respectable occupation for gentlemen nowadays. I believe journalism is coming to be regarded as quite a respectable occupation for gentlemen nowadays.
Anthony Trollope quotes: And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman. And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER LXX AT LAST CHAPTER LXX AT LAST
Anthony Trollope quotes: Such was the beauty of the landscape, that a lover of scenery would be tempted thus to lose himself. Such was the beauty of the landscape, that a lover of scenery would be tempted thus to lose himself.
Anthony Trollope quotes: All is fair in love and war; and if this is not love, it was the usual thing that stands as a counterpart for it. All is fair in love and war; and if this is not love, it was the usual thing that stands as a counterpart for it.
Anthony Trollope quotes: But the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars. But the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners. Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
Anthony Trollope quotes: The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself. The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
Anthony Trollope quotes: To oblige a friend by inflicting an injury on his enemy is often more easy than to confer a benefit on the friend himself. To oblige a friend by inflicting an injury on his enemy is often more easy than to confer a benefit on the friend himself.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues. Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more. Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.
Anthony Trollope quotes: There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false. There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
Anthony Trollope quotes: He took such high ground that there was no getting on to it. He took such high ground that there was no getting on to it.
Anthony Trollope quotes: After all, then, she was not a clever woman, - not more clever than other women around her! After all, then, she was not a clever woman, - not more clever than other women around her!
Anthony Trollope quotes: If one wants to keep one's self straight, one has to work hard at it, one way or the other. I suppose it all comes from the fall of Adam. If one wants to keep one's self straight, one has to work hard at it, one way or the other. I suppose it all comes from the fall of Adam.
Anthony Trollope quotes: The best education is to be had at a price, as well as the best broadcloth. The best education is to be had at a price, as well as the best broadcloth.
Anthony Trollope quotes: He possessed the rare merit of making a property of his time and not a burden. He possessed the rare merit of making a property of his time and not a burden.
Anthony Trollope quotes: The natural man will probably be manly. The affected man cannot be so. The natural man will probably be manly. The affected man cannot be so.
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER XLII MR. MAINWARING'S LITTLE DINNER CHAPTER XLII MR. MAINWARING'S LITTLE DINNER
Anthony Trollope quotes: He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old. He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places. Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome. Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself? Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself?
Anthony Trollope quotes: Her happiness, like that of most of us, was ever in the future, - never reached but always coming. Her happiness, like that of most of us, was ever in the future, - never reached but always coming.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer. Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
Anthony Trollope quotes: The writer of stories must please, or he will be nothing. And he must teach whether he wish to teach or no. How The writer of stories must please, or he will be nothing. And he must teach whether he wish to teach or no. How
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER LXXII 'BID HIM BE A MAN CHAPTER LXXII 'BID HIM BE A MAN
Anthony Trollope quotes: Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret. Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.
Anthony Trollope quotes: It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything... It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything...
Anthony Trollope quotes: In life I've rung all changes through, Run every pleasure down,'Midst each excess of folly too, And lived with half the town. In life I've rung all changes through,
Run every pleasure down,
'Midst each excess of folly too,
And lived with half the town.
Anthony Trollope quotes: There is, perhaps, no greater hardship at present inflicted on mankind in civilised and free countries than the necessity of listening to sermons. There is, perhaps, no greater hardship at present inflicted on mankind in civilised and free countries than the necessity of listening to sermons.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Lady Linlithgow, too, though very strong, was old. She was slow, or perhaps it might more properly be said she was stately in her movements. Lady Linlithgow, too, though very strong, was old. She was slow, or perhaps it might more properly be said she was stately in her movements.
Anthony Trollope quotes: CHAPTER LVIII THE TWO OLD LADIES CHAPTER LVIII THE TWO OLD LADIES
Anthony Trollope quotes: When a man wants to write a book full of unassailable facts, he always goes to the British Museum. When a man wants to write a book full of unassailable facts, he always goes to the British Museum.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Lord Chiltern recognizes the great happiness of having a grievance. It would be a pity that so great a blessing should be thrown away upon him. Lord Chiltern recognizes the great happiness of having a grievance. It would be a pity that so great a blessing should be thrown away upon him.
Anthony Trollope quotes: To get away well is so very much! And to get away well is often so very difficult! To get away well is so very much! And to get away well is often so very difficult!
Anthony Trollope quotes: 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.
Anthony Trollope quotes: That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing. That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
Anthony Trollope quotes: As he cared no longer for the light that lies in a lady's eye, there was not much left to him in the world but cards and racing. As he cared no longer for the light that lies in a lady's eye, there was not much left to him in the world but cards and racing.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell. Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
Anthony Trollope quotes: Throughout the world, the more wrong a man does, the more indignant is he at wrong done to him. Throughout the world, the more wrong a man does, the more indignant is he at wrong done to him.
Anthony Trollope quotes: A man's own dinner is to himself so important that he cannot bring himself to believe that it is a matter utterly indifferent to anyone else. A man's own dinner is to himself so important that he cannot bring himself to believe that it is a matter utterly indifferent to anyone else.
Anthony Trollope quotes: I ain't a bit ashamed of anything. I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.
Anthony Trollope quotes: We can generally read a man's purpose towards us in his manner, if his purposes are of much moment to us. We can generally read a man's purpose towards us in his manner, if his purposes are of much moment to us.
Anthony Trollope quotes: I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it. I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.
Anthony Trollope quotes: A sermon is not to tell you what you are, but what you ought to be, and a novel should tell you not what you are to get, but what A sermon is not to tell you what you are, but what you ought to be, and a novel should tell you not what you are to get, but what you'd like to get.

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