Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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Let a man be of what side he may in politics, unless he be much more of a partisan than a patriot, he will think it well that there should be some equity of division in the bestowal of crumbs of comfort.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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Of Dickens’ style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules…
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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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If a cook can’t make soup between two and seven, she can’t make it in a week.
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Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
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Is it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every man gives to his own attorney in particular?
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The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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What is there that money will not do?
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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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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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It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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