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.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.

Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.

Life is so unlike theory.

Life is so unlike theory.

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god...

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god...

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land...

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land...

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong...

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong...

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours...

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours...

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can...

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can...

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will...

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be...

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be...

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.