Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
From Anthony Trollope
I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing. The rocks and valleys are no good at all, if you haven't got that.
Life is so unlike theory.
I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.
There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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