Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era.
There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. Use this quote
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there. Use this quote
A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces. Use this quote
I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything. Use this quote
There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. Use this quote
As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour. Use this quote
They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind. Use this quote
A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife. Use this quote
A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit. Use this quote
In these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise. Use this quote
