All Anthony Trollope Quotes
- A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency. Compelled
- I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything. Government
- Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it. Afford
- Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable. Doe
- Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early. Comes Early
- The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. All
- It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible… Clan
- Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine. Appetite
- High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart. Always Belong
- I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse. Ambition
- It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything. Advertise
- Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent. Dangerous
- Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable. Hideous
- Since woman's rights have come up a young woman is better able to fight her own battle. Able
- There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily. Easily
- When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper. Creeper
- I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing.… All
- That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing. Blessing
- A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. Beat
- She was as one who, in madness, was resolute to throw herself from a precipice, but to whom some remnant of sanity remained which forced… Forced
- To have her meals, and her daily walk, and her fill of novels, and to be left alone, was all that she asked of the… All
- Of all needs a book has, the chief need is to be readable. All
- There was but one thing for him;- to persevere till he got her, or till he had finally lost her. And should the latter be… Began
- I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear. Anybody
- The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion Church