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

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.

Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty...

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty...

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will...

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will...

I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the...

I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is...

Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit...

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit...

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.

Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye...

Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye...

This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter...

This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter...

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it...

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it...

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Life is so unlike theory.

Life is so unlike theory.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

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.

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew...

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew...

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...