But facts always convince, and another man's opinion rarely convinces. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“The truth is so much more real when it comes from things that are near.” — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“Ah, you think that anything naked must be indecent; even truth.” — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
He was essentially a truth-speaking man, if only he know how to speak the truth. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“A liar has many points to his favour,—but he has this against him, that unless he devote more time to the management… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man's honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
No living orator would convince a grocer that coffee should be sold without chicory; and no amount of eloquence will make an… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“Wine is a dangerous thing, and should not be made the exponent of truth, let the truth be good as it may;… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“My dear fellow, I don’t think you’ve the gift of seeing very far. The truth is they don’t know what to make… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“My dear, the truth must be spoken. I declare I don't think I ever saw a young woman so improvident as you… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“No novel is anything, for the purposes either of comedy or tragedy, unless the reader can sympathise with the characters whose names… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
It may, indeed, be assumed that a man who loses his temper while he is speaking is endeavouring to speak the truth… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“What is any public question but a conglomeration of private interests? What is any newspaper article but an expression of the views… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“To tell you the truth, I don't much wish anything, except to get out of this cursed country again." "Don't say that,… — 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
