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
men feelings pursuit
A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.
law water may
Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone. A small dainty task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
motivational thinking not-good-enough
Above all else, never think you're not good enough.
opinion
It is no good any longer to have any opinion upon anything.
time merit burden
He possessed the rare merit of making a property of his time and not a burden.
six twelve bliss
There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.
wealth easy matrimony
There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.
men important illness
When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.
girl eye dark
Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye and the tone of voice with which she, breathless, answers your little questions about horseflesh and music about affairs masculine and feminine, then take the leap in the dark.
writing editors habit
The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
new-york two insulting
Speaking of New York as a traveller I have two faults to find with it. In the first place there is nothing to see; and in the second place there is no mode of getting about to see anything.
sex clever stupid
I hate a stupid man who can't talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man who is too lazy to make any effort to shine; but I particularly dislike the man who is always striving for effect. I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . . A man who would tell me that I am pretty, unless he is over seventy, ought to be kicked out of the room. But a man who can't show me that he thinks me so without saying a word about it, is a lout.
romance matter stories
Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.
punishment faces habit
He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognize me by my face.