The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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Taken altogether, Washington as a city is most unsatisfactory, and falls more grievously short of the thing attempted than any other of the great undertakings of which I have seen anything in the United States.
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There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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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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Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
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I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover’s mind if she knew the whole of it.
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Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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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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If you cross the Atlantic with an American lady you invariably fall in love with her before the journey is over.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.
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A farmer’s horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind.
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When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
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