Moral Aphorisms of Anthony Trollope from The Bertrams

Aphorism 113: “Alloy often clogs the gifts of fortune!”
Full Quote: “He determined, therefore, to accept the goods the gods had provided him, clogged though they were with alloy, like so many other gifts of fortune..”
Chapter Three, The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

Aphorism 112: “Human nature is apt to be generous in the hot moments of impulse!”

Full Quote: “We are so apt to be generous in the hot moments of impulse, but so equally apt to be only coldly just in the long years of our ordinary existence.” Chapter Four, The Bertrams by A. Trollope

Aphorism 111: “The boldness of innocence!”

Full Quote: “What things? Said Adela, with all the boldness of innocence.” Chapter Four, The Bertrams, by A. Trollope

Aphorism 110: “We need not put up with the world as we find it!”

Full Quote: “You must put up with the world as you find it, Mr. Wilkinson.” Chapter Four, The Bertrams, by A. Trollop

Anthony Trollope, The Vicar of Bullhampton Part I

Aphorism 39: “Be a man with an unlimited love of justice!”

Full Quote: “He was a man with an unlimited love of justice:…” Chapter Five

Aphorism 40: “Adhere to the well-bred ceremonies of life!”

Full Quote: “Not that Mr. Chamberlaine was a very old man, but that it suited his tastes and tone of mind to adhere to the well-bred ceremonies of life, so many of which went out of fashion when railroads came in.” Chapter 24.

Aphorism 41: “A man shouldn’t keep his own sores open!”

Full Quote: “The Longer I live the more convinced I become that a man shouldn’t keep his own sores open.” Chapter 27

Aphorism 42: “Dare to obey the instincts of your heart!”

Full Quote: “Mr. Brattle, think better of yourself, and dare to obey the instincts of your heart.”