And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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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...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit...

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit...

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.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

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...

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but...

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but...

Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.

Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven...

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven...

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.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any...

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any...

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure...

Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure...

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about...

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence