English - Author | April 24, 1815 - December 6, 1882
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.
Anthony Trollope
ArtTestAlwaysMaySureWriter
When men think much, they can rarely decide.
MenThinkDecideMuchRarely
High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.
HeartMannersTrueAlwaysHighMay
This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter be posted till four-and-twenty hours will have elapsed since it was written.
AngryWorldWillThroughRuleHours
It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.
ImprovementAmbitionWorldParent
In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.
MorningManReadyNobodyUpDays
My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.
MeMoreSweetheartThanHemisphere
When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
MoneyNobodyUpAnythingGive
Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
PovertyRuralMiseryShouldSuburban
But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor devil ten thousand-a-year and a title.
GodHeroDevilCloudPoorRight
An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.
LoveTruthNothingMustHeAuthor
A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.
FamilyGoPiecesPropertyHis
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