Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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Beware of creating tedium!
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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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Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.
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Let 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.
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Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
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Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.
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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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I ain’t a bit ashamed of anything.
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The concrete sound that meets the ears of any outside listener is always a sound of women’s voices?
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The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
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Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.
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There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
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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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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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