Anthony Trollope Quotes

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• Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

  Anthony Trollope

  Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence

  'The Small House at Allington' (1864) ch. 32

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• What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

  Anthony Trollope

  Coffee, Book, Earth

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.295, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.

  Anthony Trollope

  Life, Confidence, Self Esteem

  "Orley Farm".

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• Those who offend us are generally punished for the offence they give; but we so frequently miss the satisfaction of knowing that we are avenged !.

  Anthony Trollope

  Knowing, Giving, Missing

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.1927, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

  Anthony Trollope

  Inspirational, Book, Reading

  Forbes, (p. 42), April 1948.

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• One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.

  Anthony Trollope

  Jugs

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.1215, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• It may, indeed, be assumed that a man who loses his temper while he is speaking is endeavouring to speak the truth such as he believes it to be, and again it may be assumed that a man who speaks constantly without losing his temper is not always entitled to the same implicit faith.

  Anthony Trollope

  Believe, Men, May

  Anthony Trollope, John Bowen (2011). “Phineas Redux”, p.64, Oxford University Press

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• Above all else, never think you're not good enough.

  Anthony Trollope

  Motivational, Thinking, Not Good Enough

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• It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

  Anthony Trollope

  Honesty, Men, Political

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• A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.

  Anthony Trollope

  Daily Tasks, Beats, Dainty

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.66, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.

  Anthony Trollope

  Strong, People, Feelings

  Anthony Trollope (1862). “North America”, p.245

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• Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.

  Anthony Trollope

  Courage, Should Have, Suffering

  'The Bertrams' (1859) ch. 27

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• This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.

  Anthony Trollope

  Reading, Support You, Long

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• There is such a difference between life and theory.

  Anthony Trollope

  Differences, Theory

  Anthony Trollope (2011). “Phineas Finn”, p.306, OUP Oxford

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• Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.

  Anthony Trollope

  Life, Success, Unfortunate

  Anthony Trollope (1862). “Orley Farm”

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• Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.

  Anthony Trollope

  Regret, Men, Proud

  Anthony Trollope (1870). “He Knew He was Right”, p.5

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• After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.

  Anthony Trollope

  Fear, Next, Grudge

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• I judge a man by his actions with men, much more than by his declarations Godwards - When I find him to be envious, carping, spiteful, hating the successes of others, and complaining that the world has never done enough for him, I am apt to doubt whether his humility before God will atone for his want of manliness.

  Anthony Trollope

  Hate, Humility, Men

  "The Letters of Anthony Trollope", (p. 691), 1983.

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• No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

  Anthony Trollope

  Men, Thinking, Vanity

  'The Bertrams' (1859) ch. 27

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• I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.

  Anthony Trollope

  Honesty, Thinking, Rogues

  Anthony Trollope (2008). “The Three Clerks: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.21, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Considering how much we are all given to discuss the characters of others, and discuss them often not in the strictest spirit of charity, it is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.

  Anthony Trollope

  Hurt, Character, Thinking

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.458, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• What is there that money will not do?

  Anthony Trollope

  Literature

  Anthony Trollope (2015). “The Way We Live Now”, p.198, Booklassic

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• Many people talk much, and then very many people talk very much more.

  Anthony Trollope

  People

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Phineas Redux: Trollope's Works”, p.425, 谷月社

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• The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.

  Anthony Trollope

  Mistake, Winning, Men

  Anthony Trollope (2015). “Barchester Towers (Unabidged): Victorian Classic from the prolific English novelist, known for The Palliser Novels, The Prime Minister, The Warden, Doctor Thorne, Can You Forgive Her? and Phineas Finn”, p.282, e-artnow

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• I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.

  Anthony Trollope

  Girl, Doubt, Mind

  'The Small House at Allington' (1864) ch. 4

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