There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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I am ready to obey as a child; :;but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason.
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Make all men equal to-day, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal to-morrow.
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There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
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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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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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For there is no folly so great as keeping one’s sorrows hidden.
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When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
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It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.
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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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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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There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
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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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Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
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