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 TROLLOPEHe should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
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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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When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
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If you cross the Atlantic with an American lady you invariably fall in love with her before the journey is over.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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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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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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No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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I am ready to obey as a child; :;but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason.
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There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance.
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