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1815–1882 England

Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era.

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Also known as: Trollope, Anthony, The Prime Minister

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The man who worships mere wealth is a snob.

Thackeray (1879)

Speak to me of honour, of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.

The Duke's Children (1879)

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

Barchester Towers (1857)

People seen by the mind are exactly different to things seen by the eye. They grow smaller and smaller as you come nearer down to them, whereas things become bigger.

The Prime Minister (1876)

He could find no cure for his grief; but he did know that continued occupation would relieve him, and therefore he occupied himself continually.

The Life of Cicero (1880)

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 very much at your own reckoning.

The Small House at Allington (1864)

Always remember, Mr. Robarts, that when you go into an attorney's office door, you will have to pay for it, first or last.

The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)

It would seem that the full meaning of the word marriage can never be known by those who, at their first outspring into life, are surrounded by all that money can give.

The Bertrams (1859)

"I am ready to obey as a child; — but, not being a child, I think I ought to have a reason."

The Prime Minister (1876)

It is easy to love one's enemy when one is making fine speeches; but so difficult to do so in the actual everyday work of life.

Framley Parsonage (1861)

Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them to be imperious.

The Prime Minister (1876)

The girl can look forward to little else than the chance of having a good man for her husband; — a good man, or if her tastes lie in that direction, a rich man.

The Prime Minister (1876)

In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.

Doctor Thorne (1858)

Your man with a thin skin, a vehement ambition, a scrupulous conscience, and a sanguine desire for rapid improvement is never a happy, and seldom a fortunate politician.

The Prime Minister (1876)

I would recommend all men in choosing a profession to avoid any that may require an apology at every turn; either an apology or else a somewhat violent assertion of right.

Framley Parsonage (1861)

"I think it is so glorious," said the American. "There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality. That is what father says. What men ought to want is liberty."

The Duke's Children (1879)

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

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.

The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)

You Ministers go on shuffling the old cards till they are so worn out and dirty that one can hardly tell the pips on them.

The Prime Minister (1876)

It's dogged as does it. It's not thinking about it.

The Last Chronicle of Barset (1867)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anthony Trollope (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.