Anthony Trollope Quotes

Men who think much want to speak often. ~ Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you. ~ The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope Fighting of a battle without belief is, I think, the sorriest task which ever falls to the lot of any man. ~ Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope There is nothing perhaps so generally consoling to a man as a well-established grievance; a feeling of having been injured, on which his mind can brood from hour to hour, allowing him to plead his own cause in his own court, within his own heart,—and always to plead it successfully. ~ Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope It was a beautiful summer afternoon, at that delicious period of the year when summer has just burst forth from the growth of spring; when the summer is yet but three days old, and all the various shades of green which nature can put forth are still in their unsoiled purity of freshness. ~ Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope When a man gets into his head an idea that the public voice calls for him, it is astonishing how great becomes his trust in the wisdom of the public. ~ Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it? ~ Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope 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 by Anthony Trollope A burden that will crush a single pair of shoulders will, when equally divided—when shared by two, each of whom is willing to take the heavier part—become light as a feather. ~ Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it. ~ Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope