There is such a difference between life and theory.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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But the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars.
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Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man’s honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.
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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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Whom 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?
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It 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.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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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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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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Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
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The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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