But then the pastors and men of God can only be human,–cannot altogether be men of God; and so they have oppressed us, and burned us, and tortured us, and hence come to love palaces, and fine linen, and purple, and, alas, sometimes, mere luxury and idleness.
ANTHONY TROLLOPELet a man be of what side he may in politics, unless he be much more of a partisan than a patriot, he will think it well that there should be some equity of division in the bestowal of crumbs of comfort.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
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Let a man be of what side he may in politics, unless he be much more of a partisan than a patriot, he will think it well that there should be some equity of division in the bestowal of crumbs of comfort.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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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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A man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration.
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It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can’t fly away.
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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 I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
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For there is no folly so great as keeping one’s sorrows hidden.
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Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.
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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
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The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
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There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
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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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It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing
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