Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
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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When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
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I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards.
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It is very hard, that necessity of listening to a man who says nothing
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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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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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He should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
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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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Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.
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Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can.
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Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.
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Why is it that when men and women congregate, though the men may beat the women in numbers by ten to one, and through they certainly speak the louder.
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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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Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
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The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.
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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.
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Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.
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They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
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People seen by the mind are exactly different to things seen by the eye. They grow smaller and smaller as you come nearer down to them, whereas things become bigger.
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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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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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The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
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Beware of creating tedium!
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I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . .
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