Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
ANTHONY TROLLOPESuch young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhat man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
ANTHONY TROLLOPEMy sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEEquality would be a heaven, if we could attain it.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIs 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?
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThere is such a difference between life and theory.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI 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. . .
ANTHONY TROLLOPEAny one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge.
ANTHONY TROLLOPECaveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEA 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEAfter money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIt 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhen men think much, they can rarely decide.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe 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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