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Heroes in books should be so much better than heroes got up for the world's common wear and tear
Anthony Trollope
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Anthony Trollope
Age: 67 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 24
Died: 1882
Died: December 6
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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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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor devil ten thousand-a-year and a title.
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No one can depute authority. It comes too much from personal accidents, and too little from reason or law to be handed over to others.
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Money is neither god nor devil, that it should make one noble and another vile. It is an accident, and if honestly possessed, may pass from you to me, or from me to you, without a stain.
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As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.
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A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them.
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I think I owe my life to cork soles.
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When any practice has become the fixed rule of the society in which we live, it is always wise to adhere to that rule, unless it call upon us to do something that is actually wrong. One should not offend the prejudices of the world, even if one is quite sure that they are prejudices.
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There are worse things than a lie... I have found... that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.
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It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.
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When once a woman is married she should be regarded as having thrown off her allegiance to her own sex. She is sure to be treacherous at any rate in one direction.
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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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A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
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