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?
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhat man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife? And yet men expect that women shall put on altogether new characters when they are married, and girls think that they can do so.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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If you cross the Atlantic with an American lady you invariably fall in love with her before the journey is over.
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The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
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It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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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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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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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 best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.
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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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I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover’s mind if she knew the whole of it.
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Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties…and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
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