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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThere 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.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.
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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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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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Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.
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A man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration.
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The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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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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We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves.
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There are worse things than a lie… I have found… that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.
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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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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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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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