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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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...

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

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.

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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....

A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a...

A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a...

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

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...

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...