559 Quotes by Anthony Trollope

The happiest man is he, who being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands the fullest of work.

The property of manliness in a man is a great possession, but perhaps there is none that is less understood, which is more generally accorded where it does not exist, nor more frequently disallowed where it prevails.

Satire, though it may exaggerate the vice it lashes, is not justified in creating it in order that it may be lashed.

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 !.

Take away from English authors their copyrights, and you would very soon take away from England her authors.

I ain't a bit ashamed of anything.

We can generally read a man's purpose towards us in his manner, if his purposes are of much moment to us.

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

An editor is bound to avoid the meshes of the law, which are always infinitely more costly to companies, or things, or institutions, than they are to individuals.