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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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...

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.

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...

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...

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

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...

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...

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...

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

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...

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear...

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear...

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to...

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...

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

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...

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

When men think much, they can rarely decide.

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...

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...

Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her...

Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her...

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...