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Life Quotes by Anthony Trollope
- Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story…
- The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise,…
- A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till…
- As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil…
- As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.
- Life is so unlike theory.
- Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
- But she knew this,—that it was necessary for her happiness that she should devote herself to some one. All the elegancies and outward charms of…
- Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself.
- He was not a villainsimply a self-indulgent spoiled young man who had realized to himself no idea of duty in life.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle