Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollopewas one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Among his best-loved works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 April 1815
fear next grudge
After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
hurt character thinking
Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity, it is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
winter men may
Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
mother nursing giving
Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can. They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse.
regret men proud
Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.
girl doubt mind
I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.
inspirational book reading
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
fate men would-be
There was but one thing for him;- to persevere till he got her, or till he had finally lost her. And should the latter be his fate, as he began to fear that it would be, then, he would live, but live only, like a crippled man.
caustic nature rather satire satirist seem sins springs writes
The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little -- or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.
inspirational confidence men
Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
love luxury literature
Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
book coffee earth
What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?
divine humans
Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.
writing men three
Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.