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
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Gentlemen lacking substantial sympathy with their leader found it to be comfortable to deceive themselves, and raise their hearts at the same time by the easy enthusiasm of noise.
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I believe journalism is coming to be regarded as quite a respectable occupation for gentlemen nowadays.
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I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
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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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And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
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There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony; that is, of course, provided that the aspirant declines the slow course of honest work.
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They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.
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She understood how much louder a cock can crow in his own farmyard than elsewhere . . .
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She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never condescended to construct a decoration.
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She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it.
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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.
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The man who worships mere wealth is a snob.
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There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.
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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.