I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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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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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Power 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.
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I ain’t a bit ashamed of anything.
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Late hours, nocturnal cigars, and midnight drinkings, pleasurable though they may be, consume too quickly the free-flowing lamps of youth, and are fatal at once to the husbanded candle-ends of age.
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The concrete sound that meets the ears of any outside listener is always a sound of women’s voices?
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One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced.
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A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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For there is no folly so great as keeping one’s sorrows hidden.
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Why is it that when men and women congregate, though the men may beat the women in numbers by ten to one, and through they certainly speak the louder.
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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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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.
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They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse.
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