English - Author | April 24, 1815 - December 6, 1882
And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
Anthony Trollope
GentlemanMoreThoughMuch
When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.
PlantsStrongGrowWallKnowTower
Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
GoodManPeopleNot Good EnoughYou
Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
DownUpOnlyThe Only ThingScrew
Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.
WinePriceValued
I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
DressGentlemanHoldWhose
I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
HonestyThinkTalkGreatestMost
There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
LearningArtRoadShortRoyalCut
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
HabitReadingFadeEnjoymentOnly
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.
GoodPowerLooksPersonCompany
There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.
WritingWayWellEasilyAlso
Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
DayManThreeWillWriteHours
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