I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
ANTHONY TROLLOPENobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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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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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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A man’s mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
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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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A man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
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A husband is very much like a house or a horse.
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Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties…and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
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The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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