{"author":"Anthony Trollope","author_id":"Anthony+Trollope","total_quotes":51,"quotes":[{"text":"They had not been long there before Lord Dumbello did group himself. 'Fine day,' he said, coming up and occupying the vacant position by Miss Grantly's elbow.'We were driving to-day and we thought it rather cold,' said Griselda.'Deuced cold,' said Lord Dumbello, and then he adjusted his white cravat and touched up his whiskers. Having got so far, he did not proceed to any other immediate conversational efforts; nor did Griselda. But he grouped himself again as became a marquis, and gave very intense satisfaction to Mrs. Proudie.'This is so kind of you, Lord Dumbello,' said that lady, coming up to him and shaking his hand warmly; 'so very kind of you to come to my poor little tea-party.''Uncommonly pleasant, I call it,' said his lordship. 'I like this sort of thing--no trouble, you know.''No; that is the charm of it: isn't it? No trouble or fuss, or parade. That's what I always say. According to my ideas, society consists in giving people facility for an interchange of thoughts--what we call conversation.''Aw, yes, exactly.''Not in eating and drinking together--eh, Lord Dumbello? And yet the practice of our lives would seem to show that the indulgence of those animal propensities can alone suffice to bring people together. The world in this has surely made a great mistake.''I like a good dinner all the same,' said Lord Dumbello.'Oh, yes, of course--of course. I am by no means one of those who would pretend to preach that our tastes have not been given to us for our enjoyment. Why should things be nice if we are not to like them?''A man who can really give a good dinner has learned a great deal,' said Lord Dumbello, with unusual animation.'An immense deal. It is quite an art in itself; and one which I, at any rate, by no means despise. But we cannot always be eating -- can we?''No,' said Lord Dumbello, 'not always.' And he looked as though he lamented that his powers should be so circumscribed.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["humor","society"],"id":27962,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"},{"text":"Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["life","self-esteem"],"id":33911,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"},{"text":"I do not know that Lady Glencora's heart was made of that stern stuff which refuses to change its impressions; but it was a heart, and it required food. To love and fondle someone, - to be loved and fondled, were absolutely necessary to her happiness. She wanted the little daily assurance of her supremacy in the man's feelings, the constant touch of love, half accidental half contrived, the passing glance of the eye telling perhaps of some little joke understood only between them two rather than of love, the softness of an occasional kiss given here and there when chance might bring them together, some half-pretended interest in her little doings, a nod, a wink, a shake of the head, or even a pout.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["loneliness","want-of-love"],"id":34146,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"},{"text":"Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["good","company","person "],"id":34659,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"},{"text":"That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["book-lovers","reading"],"id":34881,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"},{"text":"Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["self","confidence"],"id":38963,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"},{"text":"It was a beautiful summer afternoon, at that delicious period of the year when summer has just burst forth from the growth of spring; when the summer is yet but three days old, and all the various shades of green which nature can put forth are still in their unsoiled purity of freshness.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["golden-afternoon","summer"],"id":52429,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"},{"text":"Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["self","acceptance"],"id":56098,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"},{"text":"The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["christianity","religion"],"id":56198,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"},{"text":"A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must learn to hate them and to love them.","author":"Anthony Trollope","tags":["characters","dreams","hate","love","novelist","sleep","wake","write","writer","writing"],"id":59485,"author_id":"Anthony+Trollope"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":51,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}