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.
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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Make all men equal to-day, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal to-morrow.
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When once a woman is married she should be regarded as having thrown off her allegiance to her own sex. She is sure to be treacherous at any rate in one direction.
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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There are worse things than a lie… I have found… that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.
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I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor.
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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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Of all hatreds that the world produces, a wife’s hatred for her husband, when she does hate him, is the strongest.
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The concrete sound that meets the ears of any outside listener is always a sound of women’s voices?
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Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.
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Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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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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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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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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The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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