"It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution."
-Anthony Trollope
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"As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.“
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"Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early."
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"As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour."
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"Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks."
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"In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise."
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"When it comes to money nobody should give up anything."
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