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
men thinking vanity
No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
democrat infidel
Though they were Liberals they were not democrats; nor yet infidels.
hate humility men
I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards -- When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.
men luxury rescue
It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually.
art snakes may
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.
birth lows position
Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
strong people feelings
There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.
men hands trouble
The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
new-york thinking fifth-avenue
I have never walked down Fifth Avenue alone without thinking of money.
men thinking
When men think much, they can rarely decide.
giving-up giving should
When it comes to money nobody should give up anything.
What is there that money will not do?
nature spring writing
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.
gentleman dresses being-the-best
I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.