I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEEvery 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.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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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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A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man’s honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.
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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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For there is no folly so great as keeping one’s sorrows hidden.
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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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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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