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Anthony Trollope Quotes — 12 Quotes by Anthony Trollope

Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself?

Anthony Trollope · Phineas Finn (1869), ch. 47

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.

Anthony Trollope · Orley Farm (1861)

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

Anthony Trollope

Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.

Anthony Trollope

Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.

Anthony Trollope

It's dogged as does it.

Anthony Trollope · The source reads: “It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it.”

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

Anthony Trollope

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

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.

Anthony Trollope · Barchester Towers (1857), ch. 53

It had at this time become my custom… to write with my watch before me, and to require from myself 250 words every quarter of an hour.

Anthony Trollope · The source reads: “It had at this time become my custom… to write with my watch before me, and to require from myself 250 words every quarter of an hour. I have found that the 250 words have been forthcoming as regularly as my watch went.” · An Autobiography (1883), ch. 15

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

Anthony Trollope · Doctor Thorne (1858), ch. 18

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

Anthony Trollope · The source reads: “A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. It is the tortoise which always catches the hare. The hare has no chance. He loses more time in glorifying himself for a quick spurt than suffices for the tortoise to make half his journey.” · An Autobiography (1883), ch. 7

Anthony Trollope Quotes

Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself?

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.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.

Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.

It's dogged as does it.

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

The end of a novel, like the end of a children's dinner party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plums.

It had at this time become my custom… to write with my watch before me, and to require from myself 250 words every quarter of an hour.

There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

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

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