559 Quotes by Anthony Trollope

Of all hatreds that the world produces, a wife's hatred for her husband, when she does hate him, is the strongest.

She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never condescended to construct a decoration.

Heroes in books should be so much better than heroes got up for the world's common wear and tear

She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it.

I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony; that is, of course, provided that the aspirant declines the slow course of honest work.

To get away well is so very much! And to get away well is often so very difficult!

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little -- or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.

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