Character Quote by John Herschel

You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read.

— Evan Esar

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

— Samuel Johnson

When a man thinks he is reading the character of another, he is often unconsciously betraying his own.

— Joseph P. Farrell

I'm willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else's living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer…

— John Updike

When a man thinks he is reading the character of another, he is often unconsciously betraying his own; and this is especially the case…

— Joseph P. Farrell

There is no surer or more illuminating way of reading a man's character, and perhaps a little of his past history, than by observing…

— Owen Barfield

How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first?

— Anonymous

When a man has written a role for you that you admire, the expectations are higher.

— Luke Goss

Every man's own character is written so all who will may read it, in the expression of his eyes, the tone of his voice,…

— Napoleon Hill

Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.

— Lord Acton

“Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impressions of…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust.

— Po Bronson