The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
ANTHONY TROLLOPELet a man be of what side he may in politics, unless he be much more of a partisan than a patriot, he will think it well that there should be some equity of division in the bestowal of crumbs of comfort.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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.
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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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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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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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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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I hate a stupid man who can’t talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man who is too lazy to make any effort to shine; but I particularly dislike the man who is always striving for effect.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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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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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.
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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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I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor.
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There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
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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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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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