I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThree hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEMen who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
ANTHONY TROLLOPENeither money nor position can atone to me for low birth.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhat on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
ANTHONY TROLLOPESuch young men are often awkward, ungainly, and not yet formed in their gait; they straggle with their limbs, and are shy; words do not come to them with ease, when words are required, among any but their accustomed associates.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEHe should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEIt is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can’t fly away.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEWhy is it that when men and women congregate, though the men may beat the women in numbers by ten to one, and through they certainly speak the louder.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEThe secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world.
ANTHONY TROLLOPENever 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.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEI think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.
ANTHONY TROLLOPELove is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE