It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would...

The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would...

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

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...

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a...

And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a...

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.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an...

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an...

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.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible...

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible...

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

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...

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...

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 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.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any...

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any...

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in...

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in...

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear...

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear...

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...

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

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...