Anthony Trollope Quotes

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 to tell.

Anthony Trollope

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• Romance
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• 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 to tell.

  

  Anthony Trollope
  • Life is
  • Romance
  • Melancholy