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. . .
ANTHONY TROLLOPEPassionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it?
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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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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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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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It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man’s interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
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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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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
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The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing
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It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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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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A husband is very much like a house or a horse.
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