Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhat is there that money will not do?
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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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The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.
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Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
ANTHONY TROLLOPECaveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
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Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThose who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
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Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhen I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.
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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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A man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
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The circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature.
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Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man’s honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.
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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
ANTHONY TROLLOPENo man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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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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A man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration.
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