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.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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When men think much, they can rarely decide.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.

I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be...

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be...

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want...

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want...

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so...

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so...

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which...

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which...

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear...

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear...

I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the...

I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the...

A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a...

A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a...

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined....

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined....

I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the...

I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the...

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong...

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong...

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.