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

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

My sweetheart is to me more than a coined hemisphere.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does...

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does...

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.

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...

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so...

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so...

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven...

A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven...

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may...

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.