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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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  • A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.
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  • A husband is very much like a house or a horse.
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  • 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.
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  • A man's mind will very gradually refuse to make itself up until it is driven and compelled by emergency.
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  • A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife.
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  • An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.
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  • And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning
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  • And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman.
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  • As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.
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  • As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.
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  • Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.
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  • 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.
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  • Cham is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.
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  • 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.
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  • Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
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  • 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.
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  • High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.
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  • I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.
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  • I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing. The rocks and valleys are no good at all, if you haven't got that.
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Anthony Trollope?

The two most famous quotes from Anthony Trollope are:

  • "A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces."
  • "A husband is very much like a house or a horse."

When did Anthony Trollope live?

Anthony Trollope was born in 1815 and died in the year 1882.