All Anthony Trollope Quotes
- A man's own dinner is to himself so important that he cannot bring himself to believe that it is a matter utterly indifferent to anyone… Anyone
- In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table… Biographies
- Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can. They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but… Arabella
- This at least should be a rule through the letter-writing world: that no angry letter be posted till four-and-twenty hours will have elapsed since it… Angry
- There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night… Achievement
- The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic… Caustic
- He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging… Constantly
- It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled… Annually
- I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards -- When I find him to be envious, carping,… Action
- Easy reading requires hard writing, Easy
- If a cook can't make soup between two and seven, she can't make it in a week. Cook
- It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it. Doe
- After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing. Bank
- Though they were Liberals they were not democrats; nor yet infidels. Democrat
- They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have… All
- What is there that money will not do? Funny
- When it comes to money nobody should give up anything. Give
- When men think much, they can rarely decide. Decide
- A pleasant letter I hold to be the pleasantest thing that this world has to give. Give
- No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself. Ado
- Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg. Cham
- I ain't a bit ashamed of anything. Ashamed
- It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something. All
- It is necessary to get a lot of men together, for the show of the thing, otherwise the world will not believe. That is the… Believe
- It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit to do. All