Taken altogether, Washington as a city is most unsatisfactory, and falls more grievously short of the thing attempted than any other of the great undertakings of which I have seen anything in the United States.
ANTHONY TROLLOPELet no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
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Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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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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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
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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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We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves.
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Every man worships the dollar, and is down before his shrine from morning to night… Other men, the world over, worship regularly at the shrine with matins and vespers, nones and complines, and whatever other daily services may be known to the religious houses; but the New Yorker is always on his knees.
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When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
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I hate a stupid man who can’t talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man who is too lazy to make any effort to shine; but I particularly dislike the man who is always striving for effect.
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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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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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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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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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