Of Dickens’ style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules…
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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I ain’t a bit ashamed of anything.
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But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen.
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Beware of creating tedium!
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If any such point out to us our follies, we at once claim those follies as the special evidence of our wisdom.
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If a cook can’t make soup between two and seven, she can’t make it in a week.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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No other American city is so intensely American as New York.
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When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.
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The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.
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The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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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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Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
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Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
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