Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
ANTHONY TROLLOPELet no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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It is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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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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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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Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
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There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
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Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.
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There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
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But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen.
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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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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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Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.
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