Life is so unlike theory.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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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.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

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.

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...

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

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.

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....

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god...

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god...

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible...

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible...

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

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

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can...

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can...

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...

Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

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 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...

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.

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may...

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may...

The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would...

The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would...

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty...

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty...