Having a comfortable allowance from his father, he could devote the whole proceeds of his curacy to violet gloves and unexceptionable neck ties.
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
Till we can become divine we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
There is, perhaps, no greater hardship at present inflicted on mankind in civilised and free countries than the necessity of listening to sermons.
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
"I doubt there is any true courage," said he, "in squabbling for money."
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
No virtue could charm him, no vice shock him. He had about him a natural good manner, which seemed to qualify him for the highest circles, and yet he was never out of place in the lowest.
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never condescended to construct a decoration.
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity, it is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
The end of a novel, like the end of a children's dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plums.
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
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Barchester Towers by
Anthony Trollope
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