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
rome motto worst
Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
dream lying hate
A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them.
literature pieces fellows
A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.
education best-education wells
The best education is to be had at a price, as well as the best broadcloth.
style novelists impossible
Of Dickens' style it is impossible to speak in praise. It is jerky, ungrammatical, and created by himself in defiance of rules... No young novelist should ever dare to imitate the style of Dickens.
differences theory
There is such a difference between life and theory.
secret world way
The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
enemy benefits injury
To oblige a friend by inflicting an injury on his enemy is often more easy than to confer a benefit on the friend himself.
fashion men doubt
Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.
men natural affected
The natural man will probably be manly. The affected man cannot be so.
eye light house
But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen.
ambition men desire
Your man with a thin skin, a vehement ambition, a scrupulous conscience, and a sanguine desire for rapid improvement is never a happy, and seldom a fortunate politician.
men two people
A man who is supposed to have caused a disturbance between two married people, in a certain rank of life, does generally receive a certain meed of admiration.
country party long
It is the necessary nature of a political party in this country to avoid, as long as it can be avoided, the consideration of any question which involves a great change.