It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which...

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which...

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...

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

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...

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...

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

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...

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want...

As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want...

I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.

I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.

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...

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.

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...

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted...

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted...

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...

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined....

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined....

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 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...

What is there that money will not do?

What is there that money will not do?