A 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEEquality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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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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The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.
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Don’t let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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I hate a stupid man who can’t talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man who is too lazy to make any effort to shine; but I particularly dislike the man who is always striving for effect.
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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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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity.
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It’s dogged as does it. It ain’t thinking about it.
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Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.
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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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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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A feeling of having been injured, on which his mind can brood from hour to hour, allowing him to plead his own cause in his own court, within his own heart, and always to plead it successfully.
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The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
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