There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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I ain’t a bit ashamed of anything.
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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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I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover’s mind if she knew the whole of it.
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The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.
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They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
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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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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
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The girl can look forward to little else than the chance of having a good man for her husband; a good man, or if her tastes lie in that direction, a rich man.
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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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A husband is very much like a house or a horse.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
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The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.
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But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it?
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