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A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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Anthony Trollope
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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?
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Anthony Trollope (The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1))
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That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.
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Anthony Trollope
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Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself.
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Anthony Trollope (Orley Farm)
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To have her meals, and her daily walk, and her fill of novels, and to be left alone, was all that she asked of the gods.
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Anthony Trollope (The Eustace Diamonds (Palliser, #3))
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Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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Anthony Trollope (Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2))
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The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
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Anthony Trollope
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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 very much at your own reckoning.
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Anthony Trollope (The Small House at Allington (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #5))
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She was as one who, in madness, was resolute to throw herself from a precipice, but to whom some remnant of sanity remained which forced her to seek those who would save her from herself.
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Anthony Trollope (Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser, #1))
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This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
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Anthony Trollope