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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
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A feeling of having been injured, on which his mind can brood from hour to hour, allowing him to plead his own cause in his own court, within his own heart, and always to plead it successfully.
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Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
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No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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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 habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.
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Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.
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I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world.
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The concrete sound that meets the ears of any outside listener is always a sound of women’s voices?
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When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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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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