Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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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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The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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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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When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
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Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.
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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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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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Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
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But the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars.
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It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man’s interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
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