Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEMake all men equal to-day, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal to-morrow.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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People seen by the mind are exactly different to things seen by the eye. They grow smaller and smaller as you come nearer down to them, whereas things become bigger.
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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
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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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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.
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They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
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But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen.
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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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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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Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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