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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEBut 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIf you cross the Atlantic with an American lady you invariably fall in love with her before the journey is over.
ANTHONY TROLLOPESpeeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
ANTHONY TROLLOPETravel with the same woman in a railway car for twelve hours, and you will have written her down in your own mind in quite other language than that of love.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEMen who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
ANTHONY TROLLOPETill we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI am not fit to marry. I am often cross, and I like my own way, and I have a distaste for men.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration.
ANTHONY TROLLOPESuccess is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEPower is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe concrete sound that meets the ears of any outside listener is always a sound of women’s voices?
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThere is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhen the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA husband is very much like a house or a horse.
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