There is such a difference between life and theory.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEEvery man worships the dollar, and is down before his shrine from morning to night… Other men, the world over, worship regularly at the shrine with matins and vespers, nones and complines, and whatever other daily services may be known to the religious houses; but the New Yorker is always on his knees.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.
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We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.
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Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.
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Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
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I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . .
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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
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The girl can look forward to little else than the chance of having a good man for her husband; a good man, or if her tastes lie in that direction, a rich man.
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No other American city is so intensely American as New York.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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