It 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThere are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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A man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
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But the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars.
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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.
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There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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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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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
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There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance.
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For there is no folly so great as keeping one’s sorrows hidden.
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A man who would tell me that I am pretty, unless he is over seventy, ought to be kicked out of the room. But a man who can’t show me that he thinks me so without saying a word about it, is a lout.
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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
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