It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can’t fly away.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEMake all men equal to-day, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal to-morrow.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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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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The circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
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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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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
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The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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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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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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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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The 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.
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I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
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