There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

Quote by Anthony Trollope

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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.

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....

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

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.

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it...

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it...

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

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...

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

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...

What is there that money will not do?

What is there that money will not do?

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.

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...

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.

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...

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the...

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...

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...

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...