In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIf a cook can’t make soup between two and seven, she can’t make it in a week.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
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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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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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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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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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Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.
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Beware of creating tedium!
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What is there that money will not do?
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The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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