Whom does anybody trust so implicitly as he trusts his own attorney? And yet is it not the case that the body of attorneys is supposed to be the most roguish body in existence?
ANTHONY TROLLOPEBut 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.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.
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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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The circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature.
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Beware of creating tedium!
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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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No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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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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Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
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I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.
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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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