The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA 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.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse.
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The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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A man’s mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
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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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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.
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It’s dogged as does it. It ain’t thinking about it.
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Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
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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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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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