We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEBut the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
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Of Dickens’ style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules…
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Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
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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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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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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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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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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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A man’s mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
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The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
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Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties…and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
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