Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEOf Dickens’ style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules…
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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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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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
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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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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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Travel with the same woman in a railway car for twelve hours, and you will have written her down in your own mind in quite other language than that of love.
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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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When once a woman is married she should be regarded as having thrown off her allegiance to her own sex. She is sure to be treacherous at any rate in one direction.
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Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
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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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The girl can look forward to little else than the chance of having a good man for her husband; a good man, or if her tastes lie in that direction, a rich man.
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