Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.
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Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
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The 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.
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No other American city is so intensely American as New York.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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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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Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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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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Any one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge.
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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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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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