There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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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...

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...

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

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.

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 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...

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...

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

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...

I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the...

I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but...

It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but...