"There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily."

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"There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily."

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Explore more quotes by Anthony Trollope

"Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning."

People

"A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit."

Marriage

"It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something."

Mistake

"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."

Life

"Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it."

Love

"I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse."

Ambition

"Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures."

God

"There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel."

Happiness

"Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early."

Success

"It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything."

Selling