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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Oxford is the most dangerous place to which a young man can be sent.
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Life is so unlike theory.
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It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.
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It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.
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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 happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
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Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
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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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The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little -- or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.
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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.