It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is the meaning of committees. But the real work must always be done by one or two men. Anthony Trollope More Quotes by Anthony Trollope More Quotes From Anthony Trollope Mr Palliser was one of those politicians in possessing whom England has perhaps more reason to be proud than of any other of her resources, and who, as a body, give to her that exquisite combination of conservatism and progress which is her present strength and best security for the future. Anthony Trollope progress body giving This was Barrington Erle, a politician of long standing, who was still looked upon by many as a young man, because he had always been known as a young man, and because he had never done anything to compromise his position in that respect. He had not married, or settled himself down in a house of his own, or become subject to the gout, or given up being careful about the fitting of his clothes. Anthony Trollope clothes men long The property of manliness in a man is a great possession, but perhaps there is none that is less understood, which is more generally accorded where it does not exist, nor more frequently disallowed where it prevails. Anthony Trollope possession doe men He was essentially a truth-speaking man, if only he know how to speak the truth. Anthony Trollope know-how speak men The apostle of Christianity and the infidel can meet without a chance of a quarrel; but it is never safe to bring together two men who differ about a saint or a surplice. Anthony Trollope together men two Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places. Anthony Trollope fashion doubt men Men will love to the last, but they love what is fresh and new. A woman's love can live on the recollection of the past, and cling to what is old and ugly. Anthony Trollope ugly men past Ride at any fence hard enough, and the chances are you'll get over. The harder you ride the heavier the fall, if you get a fall; but the greater the chance of your getting over. Anthony Trollope chance enough fall It is the necessary nature of a political party in this country to avoid, as long as it can be avoided, the consideration of any question which involves a great change. Anthony Trollope party long country Flirting I take to be the excitement of love, without its reality, and without its ordinary result in marriage. Anthony Trollope flirting ordinary reality But the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars. Anthony Trollope scholar training school Your man with a thin skin, a vehement ambition, a scrupulous conscience, and a sanguine desire for rapid improvement is never a happy, and seldom a fortunate politician. Anthony Trollope ambition desire men But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen. Anthony Trollope light eye house The natural man will probably be manly. The affected man cannot be so. Anthony Trollope affected natural men I know very well that if you get men who are really, really swells, for that is what it is, Mr. Low, and pay them well enough, and so make it really an important thing, they can browbeat any judge and hoodwink any jury. Anthony Trollope important judging men When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable. Anthony Trollope dog doe littles To oblige a friend by inflicting an injury on his enemy is often more easy than to confer a benefit on the friend himself. Anthony Trollope benefits easy enemy There would be a blaze and a confusion, in which timid men would doubt whether the constitution would be burned to tinder or only illuminated; but that blaze and that confusion would be dear to Mr. Daubney if he could stand as the centre figure, the great pyrotechnist who did it all, red from head to foot with the glare of the squibs with which his own hands were filling all the spaces. Anthony Trollope feet men hands A man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration. Anthony Trollope men two people Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes. Anthony Trollope jade fickle shy
