"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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"There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.“
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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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"What is the worth of anything, But for the happiness 'twill bring?"
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"There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating."
-Frederick Delius
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"The unproductive tillage of human cattle takes that which of right belongs to free labor, and which is necessary for the support and happiness of our own race."
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"Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow."
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