Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEPerhaps there is no position more perilous to a man’s honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Taken altogether, Washington as a city is most unsatisfactory, and falls more grievously short of the thing attempted than any other of the great undertakings of which I have seen anything in the United States.
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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.
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There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
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A man who would tell me that I am pretty, unless he is over seventy, ought to be kicked out of the room. But a man who can’t show me that he thinks me so without saying a word about it, is a lout.
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There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
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When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.
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A man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
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Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity.
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A farmer’s horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind.
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Whom does anybody trust so implicitly as he trusts his own attorney? And yet is it not the case that the body of attorneys is supposed to be the most roguish body in existence?
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Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
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