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title: "5 Character Easier Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Character is much easier kept than recovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/character-is-much-easier-kept-than-recovered/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/thomas-paine-267_character_character-is-much-easier-kept-than-recov_1087628.png)

> [I try to do as much as possible for every character. Some of them, it is easier to do the research because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-cruz/i-try-to-do-as-much-as-possible-for-every-character-some-of-them-it/)

[Penelope Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-cruz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/penelope-cruz-2508_because_i-try-to-do-as-much-as-possible-for-ever_2499142.jpg)

> [It's so difficult, particularly with an antisocial character. It's much easier if he's already a blank page, but once you've written on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-e-westlake/it-s-so-difficult-particularly-with-an-antisocial-character-it-s-much/)

[Donald E. Westlake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-e-westlake/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/donald-e-westlake-4285_antisocial_it-s-so-difficult-particularly-with-an-a_2582835.jpg)

> [“Character is much easier kept than recovered, and that man, if any such there be, who, from sinister views, or littleness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/character-is-much-easier-kept-than-recovered-and-that-man-if-any-such/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/thomas-paine-267_character_character-is-much-easier-kept-than-recov_2807460.png)

> [Character is easier kept than recovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-matobo/character-is-easier-kept-than-recovered/)

[Frank Matobo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-matobo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/frank-matobo-2303_character_character-is-easier-kept-than-recovered_3071955.jpg)

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