Anthony Trollope Quotes

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it. ~ The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never condescended to construct a decoration. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 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. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope The end of a novel, like the end of a children's dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plums. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope "There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel." ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope "It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something." ~ Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it. ~ Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope "It's dogged as does it. It's not thinking about it." ~ The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope