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
Anthony Trollope quotes about
years temptation dying
It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.
pride names letters
It is the highest and most legitimate pride of an Englishman to have the letters M.P. written after his name. No selection from the alphabet, no doctorship, no fellowship, be it of ever so learned or royal a society, no knightship,--not though it be of the Garter,--confers so fair an honour.
wisdom drinking age
Late hours, nocturnal cigars, and midnight drinkings, pleasurable though they may be, consume too quickly the free-flowing lamps of youth, and are fatal at once to the husbanded candle-ends of age.
success running mean
I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor. The chances are perhaps more in favour of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the fight are at my disposal.
country dog morning
Would it not be better to go home and live at the family park all the year round, and hunt, and attend Quarter Sessions, and be able to declare morning and evening with a clear conscience that the country was going to the dogs? Such was the mental working of many a Conservative who supported Mr. Daubeny on this occasion.
being-thankful use way
The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
giving world letters
A pleasant letter I hold to be the pleasantest thing that this world has to give.
secret
But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it?
night achievement done
There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
reading support-you perfect
This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.
daily-tasks dainty beats
A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
land feelings literature
It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.
inspirational thinking doe
It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it.
life-and-love want world
I cannot hold with those who want to put down the insignificant chatter of the world