They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhen men think much, they can rarely decide.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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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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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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Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
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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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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
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I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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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 writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
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