Source identified1
Image design Midnight
Read & copy
“A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.”
Meaning & context
Trollope argues that modest work performed every day can outperform irregular bursts of heroic effort because a repeatable routine keeps progress accumulating.
Source details
An Autobiography, Chapter VII, Project Gutenberg #5978. Trollope describes his self-imposed quota and record-keeping system before saying that a genuinely daily small task can beat spasmodic heroic labour. It is autobiographical reflection on his own working method, not a universal productivity or health prescription.