Credit is a matter so subtle in its essence, that, as it may be obtained almost without reason, so, without reason, may it be made to melt away. Anthony Trollope More Quotes by Anthony Trollope More Quotes From Anthony Trollope The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life. Anthony Trollope opponents pleasure politician Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine. Anthony Trollope funny-love cooking food I hate a stupid man who can't talk to me, and I hate a clever man who talks me down. I don’t like a man who is too lazy to make any effort to shine; but I particularly dislike the man who is always striving for effect. I abominate a humble man, but yet I love to perceive that a man acknowledges the superiority of my sex, and youth and all that kind of thing. . . A man who would tell me that I am pretty, unless he is over seventy, ought to be kicked out of the room. But a man who can't show me that he thinks me so without saying a word about it, is a lout. Anthony Trollope stupid clever sex There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another. Anthony Trollope salmon achievement night The secrets of the world are very marvellous, but they are not themselves half so wonderful as the way in which they become known to the world. Anthony Trollope half secret world But mad people never die. That's a well-known fact. They've nothing to trouble them, and they live for ever. Anthony Trollope mad facts people Let no man boast himself that he has got through the perils of winter till at least the seventh of May. Anthony Trollope may winter men This habit of reading, I make bold to tell you, is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will support you when all other recreations are gone. It will last until your death. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live. Anthony Trollope support-you reading long Neither money nor position can atone to me for low birth. Anthony Trollope birth literature lows It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it. Anthony Trollope doe inspirational thinking I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world. Anthony Trollope life-and-love want world No other American city is so intensely American as New York. Anthony Trollope american-cities cities new-york There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. Anthony Trollope wealth matrimony easy Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it. Anthony Trollope ifs would-be heaven An enemy might at any time become a friend, but while an enemy was an enemy he should be trodden on and persecuted. Anthony Trollope should might enemy When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness. Anthony Trollope important literature men Money is neither god nor devil, that it should make one noble and another vile. It is an accident, and if honestly possessed, may pass from you to me, or from me to you, without a stain. Anthony Trollope devil noble may The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest. Anthony Trollope sober devil honest 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. Anthony Trollope winning animal men Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable. Anthony Trollope passionate lasts long
