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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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...

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does...

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does...

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.

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...

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

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...

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

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

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

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...

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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 doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew...

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew...

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...

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...

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted...

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted...

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.