Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollopewas one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Among his best-loved works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 April 1815
love luxury literature
Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
divine humans
Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.
book coffee earth
What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?
girl doubt mind
I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.
inspirational book reading
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
fate men would-be
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 his fate, as he began to fear that it would be, then, he would live, but live only, like a crippled man.
inspirational confidence men
Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
english-author
Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour.
english-author good man people
Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
beat daily hercules small task
A small daily task if it really be daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules
overcoming-evil excellence looks
The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in overcoming evil than in freeing ourselves from its influence.
men worship wealth
The man who worships mere wealth is a snob.
men knows
There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
girl honesty men
Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man's honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.