559 Quotes by Anthony Trollope

A man who lives much at a club is apt to fall into a selfish mode of life. He is taught to think that his own comfort should always be the first object. A man can never be happy unless his first objects are outside himself. Personal self-indulgence begets a sense of meanness which sticks to a man even when he has got beyond all hope of rescue.

Mr. Turveydrop, the great professor of deportment, has done much.

There is, perhaps, no greater hardship at present inflicted on mankind in civilised and free countries than the necessity of listening to sermons.

I know very well that men are friends when they step up and shake hands with each other. It is the same as when women kiss.” “When I see women kiss, I always think that there is deep hatred at the bottom of it.

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.

It is my purpose to disclose the mystery at once, and to ask you to look for your interest, – should you choose to go on with my chronicle, – simply in the conduct of my persons, during this disclosure to others.

The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician’s life.

A bull in a china shop is not a useful animal, nor is he ornamental, but there can be no doubt of his energy. The hare was full of energy, but he didn’t win the race. The man who stands still is the man who keeps his ground.

They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men’s hearts!