Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
ANTHONY TROLLOPENobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThere is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
ANTHONY TROLLOPERomance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEBut the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars.
ANTHONY TROLLOPESuccess is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEAfter money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThree hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEPoverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIt 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPENo other American city is so intensely American as New York.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThere is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIf a cook can’t make soup between two and seven, she can’t make it in a week.
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