There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhom does anybody trust so implicitly as he trusts his own attorney? And yet is it not the case that the body of attorneys is supposed to be the most roguish body in existence?
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing
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There are worse things than a lie… I have found… that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.
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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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Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity.
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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it?
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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
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Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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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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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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Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
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It’s dogged as does it. It ain’t thinking about it.
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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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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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