Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEAny one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man’s interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
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What is there that money will not do?
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I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . .
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.
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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of 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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Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
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Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.
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Is it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every man gives to his own attorney in particular?
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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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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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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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