“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 of me; — and I don’t intend that they shall. I’m playing my game, and there isn’t one… — 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
