I am ready to obey as a child; :;but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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What is there that money will not do?
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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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I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor.
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Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
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A husband is very much like a house or a horse.
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This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
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A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.
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It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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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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Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.
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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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