“Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.”

— Anthony Trollope, Miss Mackenzie (1865), Ch. 13

About Anthony Trollope

1815 – 1882

English novelist, author of the Chronicles of Barsetshire.

“The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.”

“Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.”

“No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.”

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”

“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.”

“Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.”

“The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”

“The long, dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather.”

“In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure.”