A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
ANTHONY TROLLOPENo young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Whom 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?
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A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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Every man worships the dollar, and is down before his shrine from morning to night… Other men, the world over, worship regularly at the shrine with matins and vespers, nones and complines, and whatever other daily services may be known to the religious houses; but the New Yorker is always on his knees.
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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone.
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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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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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Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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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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