Anthony Trollope Quotes
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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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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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The circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature.
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In former days, when there were Whigs instead of Liberals, it was almost a rule of political life that all leading Whigs sould be uncles, brothers-in-law, or cousins to each other. This was pleasant and gave great consistency to the party; but the system has now gone out of vogue.
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When men think much, they can rarely decide.
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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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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You can never teach them, except by the slow lesson of habit.
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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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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life.
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Men are cowards before women until they become tyrants.
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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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The bucolic mind of East Barsetshire took warm delight in the eloquence of the eminent personage who represented them, but was wont to extract more actual enjoyment from the music of his periods than from the strength of his arguments.
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Easy reading requires hard writing.
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Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.
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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 meaning of committees. But the real work must always be done by one or two men.
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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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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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It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit to do.
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High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.
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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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Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
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I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
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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.