Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always …

Anthony Trollope
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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 (1869). He Knew He was Right, p.272
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