I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIt is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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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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They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse.
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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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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.
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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 course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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A man’s mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
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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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There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
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I ain’t a bit ashamed of anything.
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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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When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
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No other American city is so intensely American as New York.
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