There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
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There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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A farmer’s horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind.
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Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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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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Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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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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He should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
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