No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe mind of the thinker and the student is driven to admit, though it be awe-struck by apparent injustice, that this inequality is the work of God.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
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What is there that money will not do?
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I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . .
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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It is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
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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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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
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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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A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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