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
courage should-have suffering
Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.
country science cities
It is very difficult to say nowadays where the suburbs of London come to an end and where the country begins. The railways, instead of enabling Londoners to live in the country have turned the countryside into a city.
boys men years
Such young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates. Social meetings are periods of penance to them, and any appearance in public will unnerve them. They go much about alone, and blush when women speak to them. In truth, they are not as yet men, whatever the number may be of their years; and, as they are no longer boys, the world has found for them the ungraceful name of hobbledehoy.
new-york thinking fifth-avenue
I have never walked down Fifth Avenue alone without thinking of money.
men hands trouble
The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
men perfection might
The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder.
art snakes may
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.
knowing giving missing
Those who offend us are generally punished for the offence they give; but we so frequently miss the satisfaction of knowing that we are avenged !.
real believe men
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.
faults politician wanted
It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.
ashamed bits
I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.
screws peg
Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
men thinking vanity
No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
strong people feelings
There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.