Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIn these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Is it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every man gives to his own attorney in particular?
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The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
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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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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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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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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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We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves.
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Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.
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Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.
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When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
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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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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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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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