And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhat man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife? And yet men expect that women shall put on altogether new characters when they are married, and girls think that they can do so.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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Every 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.
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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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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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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife? And yet men expect that women shall put on altogether new characters when they are married, and girls think that they can do so.
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When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
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Make all men equal to-day, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal to-morrow.
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There 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.
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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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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 am not fit to marry. I am often cross, and I like my own way, and I have a distaste for men.
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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I ain’t a bit ashamed of anything.
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I am ready to obey as a child; :;but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason.
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