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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhy is it that when men and women congregate, though the men may beat the women in numbers by ten to one, and through they certainly speak the louder.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties…and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
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I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor.
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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?
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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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I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
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One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced.
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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.
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No other American city is so intensely American as New York.
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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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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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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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When once a woman is married she should be regarded as having thrown off her allegiance to her own sex. She is sure to be treacherous at any rate in one direction.
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