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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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...

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...

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...

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...

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

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.

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty...

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

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...

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.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

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...

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate...

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate...

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...

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.