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Adversity1 quote
It is not the prize that can make us happy; it is not even the winning of the prize....[It is] the struggle, the long hot hour of the honest fight.... There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. — Anthony Trollope · 1862Believing in oneself1 quote
Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning. — Anthony Trollope · 1862Benefits of adversity1 quote
It is not the prize that can make us happy; it is not even the winning of the prize....[It is] the struggle, the long hot hour of the honest fight.... There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. — Anthony Trollope · 1862Capitalism1 quote
A desire for wealth is the source of all progress. Civilization comes from what men call greed. Let your mercenary tendencies be combined with honesty and they cannot take you astray. — Anthony Trollope · 1864Confidence1 quote
Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning. — Anthony Trollope · 1862Courtship and dating1 quote
She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it. — Anthony Trollope · 1867Delayed gratification1 quote
She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it. — Anthony Trollope · 1867Greed1 quote
A desire for wealth is the source of all progress. Civilization comes from what men call greed. Let your mercenary tendencies be combined with honesty and they cannot take you astray. — Anthony Trollope · 1864Hard work1 quote
It is not the prize that can make us happy; it is not even the winning of the prize....[It is] the struggle, the long hot hour of the honest fight.... There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it. — Anthony Trollope · 1862Political ideology1 quote
A man who entertains in his mind any political doctrine, except as a means of improving the condition of his fellows, I regard as a political intriguer, a charlatan, and a conjuror. — Anthony Trollope · 1883Politics1 quote
A man who entertains in his mind any political doctrine, except as a means of improving the condition of his fellows, I regard as a political intriguer, a charlatan, and a conjuror. — Anthony Trollope · 1883Progress1 quote
A desire for wealth is the source of all progress. Civilization comes from what men call greed. Let your mercenary tendencies be combined with honesty and they cannot take you astray. — Anthony Trollope · 1864Pursuing women1 quote
She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it. — Anthony Trollope · 1867