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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Like 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.
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Above all else, never think you’re not good enough.
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It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can’t fly away.
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A husband is very much like a house or a horse.
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The concrete sound that meets the ears of any outside listener is always a sound of women’s voices?
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Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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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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It is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
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When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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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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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse.
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But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it?
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I am not fit to marry. I am often cross, and I like my own way, and I have a distaste for men.
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