When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
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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Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.
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I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
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One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced.
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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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When once a woman is married she should be regarded as having thrown off her allegiance to her own sex. She is sure to be treacherous at any rate in one direction.
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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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No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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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 nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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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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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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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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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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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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