Life is so unlike theory.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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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.

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...

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

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...

Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.

Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.

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...

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

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

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

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.

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...

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

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.

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it...

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it...

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...

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye...

Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye...

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty...

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty...

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...

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

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...