I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhen a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
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They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse.
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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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My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.
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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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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 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.
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It’s dogged as does it. It ain’t thinking about it.
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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
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The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
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Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
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