There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“As for reading, I doubt whether she did much better by the sea-side than she had done in the town. Men and… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“If he was dull as a statesman he was more dull in private life, and it may be imagined that such a… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves. — 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
