More from Anthony Trollope

  1. There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
  2. I hold that gentleman to be the best dressed whose dress no one observes. I am not sure but that the same may be said of an author's writte…
  3. I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards - When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hati…
  4. Needless to deny that the normal London plumber is a dishonest man. We do not even allow ourselves to think so. That question, as to the di…
  5. As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immed…
  6. He could find no cure for his grief; but he did know that continued occupation would relieve him, and therefore he occupied himself continu…
  7. Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
  8. A man's mind will very generally refuse to make itself up until it be driven and compelled by emergency.

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