Of Dickens’ style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules…
ANTHONY TROLLOPESuccess is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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When once a woman is married she should be regarded as having thrown off her allegiance to her own sex. She is sure to be treacherous at any rate in one direction.
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Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
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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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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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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.
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The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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What is there that money will not do?
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I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . .
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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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There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance.
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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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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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