They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind. Anthony Trollope Read Quote
A woman’s life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man’s life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife. Anthony Trollope Read Quote
A man’s love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit. Anthony Trollope Read Quote
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. Anthony Trollope Read Quote
Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable. Anthony Trollope Read Quote