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?
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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If any such point out to us our follies, we at once claim those follies as the special evidence of our wisdom.
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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing
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Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity.
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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.
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Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues.
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A man who would tell me that I am pretty, unless he is over seventy, ought to be kicked out of the room. But a man who can’t show me that he thinks me so without saying a word about it, is a lout.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can’t fly away.
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People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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There are worse things than a lie… I have found… that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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