Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThere is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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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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The girl can look forward to little else than the chance of having a good man for her husband; a good man, or if her tastes lie in that direction, a rich man.
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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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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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But mad people never die. That’s a well-known fact. They’ve nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever.
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The circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature.
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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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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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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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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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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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One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced.
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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