What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThat I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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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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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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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 small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
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Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
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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 human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
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He should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
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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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People seen by the mind are exactly different to things seen by the eye. They grow smaller and smaller as you come nearer down to them, whereas things become bigger.
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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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