Let a man be of what side he may in politics, unless he be much more of a partisan than a patriot,… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Your man with a thin skin, a vehement ambition, a scrupulous conscience, and a sanguine desire for rapid improvement is never a… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
It is the highest and most legitimate pride of an Englishman to have the letters M.P. written after his name. No selection… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
It is the necessary nature of a political party in this country to avoid, as long as it can be avoided, the… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
This was Barrington Erle, a politician of long standing, who was still looked upon by many as a young man, because he… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Mr Palliser was one of those politicians in possessing whom England has perhaps more reason to be proud than of any other… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something. — 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 Image
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 Image
A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“An accepted lover, who deserves to have been accepted, should devote every hour at his command to his mistress.” — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“(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 Image
There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
