Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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 not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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It is the necessary nature of a political party in this country to avoid, as long as it can be avoided, the consideration of any question which involves a great change.
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Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
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There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
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Rights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
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You can never teach them, except by the slow lesson of habit.
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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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A man will be generally very old and feeble before he forgets how much money he has in the funds.
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Lord Chiltern recognizes the great happiness of having a grievance. It would be a pity that so great a blessing should be thrown away upon him.
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Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.
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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?
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I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.
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As will so often be the case when a men has a pen in his hand. It is like a club or sledge-hammer, - in using which, either for defence or attack, a man can hardly measure the strength of the blows he gives.
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Easy reading requires hard writing.
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Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
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I know very well that if you get men who are really, really swells, for that is what it is, Mr. Low, and pay them well enough, and so make it really an important thing, they can browbeat any judge and hoodwink any jury.
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An enemy might at any time become a friend, but while an enemy was an enemy he should be trodden on and persecuted.
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A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties...and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
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This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.