"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 royal road to learning no short cut to the acquirement of any art.“
-Anthony Trollope
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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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