I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes. Anthony Trollope More Quotes by Anthony Trollope More Quotes From Anthony Trollope Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable. Anthony Trollope chiefsbookneeds There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. Anthony Trollope cuttingliteratureart Of course, Lady Arabella could not suckle the young heir herself. Ladies Arabella never can. They are gifted with the powers of being mothers, but not nursing mothers. Nature gives them bosoms for show, but not for use. So Lady Arabella had a wet-nurse. Anthony Trollope nursingmothernurse Of all hatreds that the world produces, a wife's hatred for her husband, when she does hate him, is the strongest. Anthony Trollope wifehusbandhate I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it. Anthony Trollope girldoubtmind The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning. Anthony Trollope winningmistakemen After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing. Anthony Trollope grudgenextfear When once a woman is married she should be regarded as having thrown off her allegiance to her own sex. She is sure to be treacherous at any rate in one direction. Anthony Trollope one-directionmarriedsex There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. Anthony Trollope literaturehappinesslove When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper. Anthony Trollope wallivystrong And though it is much to be a nobleman, it is more to be a gentleman. Anthony Trollope noblemengentlemanliterature A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties...and when he is wanted, he can always do his work. Anthony Trollope lamehorsedoe It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away. Anthony Trollope landliteraturefeelings I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear. Anthony Trollope horsedressessaid One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced; he should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin. Anthony Trollope should-haveclevermean I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist. Anthony Trollope venomousphilanthropistsometimes Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners. Anthony Trollope speechyoungeasy Things to be done offer themselves, I suppose, because they are in themselves desirable; not because it is desirable to have something to do. Anthony Trollope offersdesirabledone Is it not remarkable that the common repute which we all give to attorneys in the general is exactly opposite to that which every man gives to his own attorney in particular? Whom does anybody trust so implicitly as he trusts his own attorney? And yet is it not the case that the body of attorneys is supposed to be the most roguish body in existence? Anthony Trollope oppositesgivingmen The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life. Anthony Trollope opponentspleasurepolitician
