Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
ANTHONY TROLLOPENo young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Is it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every man gives to his own attorney in particular?
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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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It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing
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If you cross the Atlantic with an American lady you invariably fall in love with her before the journey is over.
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My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.
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A farmer’s horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind.
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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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It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can’t fly away.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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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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He should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
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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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This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
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A 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.
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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
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