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What man thinks of changing himself so as to suit his wife?
Anthony Trollope
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Anthony Trollope
Age: 67 †
Born: 1815
Born: April 24
Died: 1882
Died: December 6
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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.
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But facts always convince, and another man's opinion rarely convinces.
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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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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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Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.
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Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle.
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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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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 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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Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses.
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There are some points on which no man can be contented to follow the advice of another - some subjects on which a man can consult his own conscience only.
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The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
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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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The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.
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A man's own dinner is to himself so important that he cannot bring himself to believe that it is a matter utterly indifferent to anyone else.
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Easy reading requires hard writing.
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We can generally read a man's purpose towards us in his manner, if his purposes are of much moment to us.
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But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it?
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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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Take away from English authors their copyrights, and you would very soon take away from England her authors.
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Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.
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