Little bits of things make me do it; — perhaps a word that I said and ought not to have said ten years ago; — the most ordinary little mistakes, even my own past thoughts to myself about the merest trifles. They are always making me shiver. Anthony Trollope More Quotes by Anthony Trollope More Quotes From Anthony Trollope 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. Anthony Trollope nature writing spring He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognize me by my face. Anthony Trollope punishment habit faces To feel that your hours are filled to overflowing, that you can barely steal minutes enough for sleep, that the welfare of many is entrusted to you, that the world looks on and approves, that some good is always being done to others -- above all things some good to your country; -- that is happiness. Anthony Trollope sleep country looks He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old. Anthony Trollope youth age men A man can't do what he likes with his coverts. Anthony Trollope likes sports men It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually. Anthony Trollope cradle luxury men It's dogged as does it. Anthony Trollope perseverance doe And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning Anthony Trollope They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes. Anthony Trollope Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. Anthony Trollope good you man people The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. Anthony Trollope fade enjoyment habit reading
