Quotes by Anthony Trollope with ambition

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

British writer

Lived from: 1815 - 1882

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 24 april 1815 Died: 6 december 1882

  • 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.
  • No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.
  • But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor devil ten thousand-a-year and a title.
  • It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually.
  • Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
  • I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason.
  • 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.
  • There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.
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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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  • It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.
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