Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEOf course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
ANTHONY TROLLOPELike his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties…and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIt is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEMake all men equal to-day, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal to-morrow.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEBut then the pastors and men of God can only be human,–cannot altogether be men of God; and so they have oppressed us, and burned us, and tortured us, and hence come to love palaces, and fine linen, and purple, and, alas, sometimes, mere luxury and idleness.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhom does anybody trust so implicitly as he trusts his own attorney? And yet is it not the case that the body of attorneys is supposed to be the most roguish body in existence?
ANTHONY TROLLOPENever think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEPower 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhat on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEOne can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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