Of Dickens’ style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules…
ANTHONY TROLLOPENobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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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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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
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We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves.
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Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
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Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
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The 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.
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A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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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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