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
lying order may
There are worse things than a lie... I have found... that it may be well to choose one sin in order that another may be shunned.
heart may manners
High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.
men mind may
They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
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.
literature may advertising
It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
law water may
Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
apology men may
I would recommend all men in choosing a profession to avoid any that may require an apology at every turn; either an apology or else a somewhat violent assertion of right.
essence credit may
Credit is a matter so subtle in its essence, that, as it may be obtained almost without reason, so, without reason, may it be made to melt away.
order creating may
Satire, though it may exaggerate the vice it lashes, is not justified in creating it in order that it may be lashed.
devil noble may
Money is neither god nor devil, that it should make one noble and another vile. It is an accident, and if honestly possessed, may pass from you to me, or from me to you, without a stain.
horse men may
Any one prominent in affairs can always see when a man may steal a horse and when a man may not look over a hedge.
winter men may
Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May.
overcoming-evil excellence looks
The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in overcoming evil than in freeing ourselves from its influence.
men knows
There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.