The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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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...

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

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

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...

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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 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....

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.

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.

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 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.

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...

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 never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

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

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

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...

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...