I ain’t a bit ashamed of anything.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA man who would tell me that I am pretty, unless he is over seventy, ought to be kicked out of the room. But a man who can’t show me that he thinks me so without saying a word about it, is a lout.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.
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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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A farmer’s horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind.
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If a cook can’t make soup between two and seven, she can’t make it in a week.
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When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.
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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
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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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There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
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Of Dickens’ style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules…
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He should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
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When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
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The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
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