“The end of a novel, like the end of children’s dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plum” — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I am ready to obey as a child; :;but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“a young man without an income cannot be accepted as a fitting suitor for a gentleman’s daughter.” — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the peace-makers,’ miss, ‘for they shall be called the children of God.” — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The end of a novel, like the end of a children's dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plums. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“every vice might be forgiven in a man and in a son, though every virtue was expected from a woman, and especially… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“Your brother has married a lady, and my daughter has married a gentleman." "Yes; George is a great ass; in some respects… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“own husband. And even now, it seemed to argue so black an ingratitude on her part—this accusation that she was indifferent to… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
We all profess to believe when we're told that this world should be used merely as a preparation for the next; and… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“Henrietta had been taught by the conduct of both father and mother that every vice might be forgiven in a man and… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“He's a very handsome man, is the captain," said Jeaneatte. . . "You shouldn't think about handsome men, child," said Mrs. Greenow.… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“As he had said to his daughter, no one knows where the shoe pinches but the wearer. There are some points on… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“His daughter was valuable to him because she might make him the father-in-law of a Marquis or an Earl; but the higher… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not because he… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
You men find so many angels in your travels. You have been honester than some. You have generally been off with the old angel… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
To feel that your hours are filled to overflowing, that you can barely steal minutes enough for sleep, that the welfare of many is… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
“An accepted lover, who deserves to have been accepted, should devote every hour at his command to his mistress.” — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
“(On Charles Dickens) It has been the peculiarity and the marvel of this man’s power, that he has invested his puppets with a charm… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
But mad people never die. That's a well-known fact. They've nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
“The heroes of life are so much better than the heroes of romance,” said Caroline.” — Anthony Trollope Copy Share
