Character Quote by Lord Chesterfield

“His act was rather that of a harmless lunatic than an enemy. We were not so new to the country as not to know…

— Ambrose Bierce

“His arrogant eyes and proud demeanor. But he was kind, also. And a wonderful brother. Why did the gods allow him to die so…

— John Forrester

He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.

— Graham Greene

His eloquence was of every kind, and he excelled in the argumentative as well as in the declamatory way. But his invectives were terrible,…

— Philip Dormer Stanhope

And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.

— Anonymous

“He had good, open features and a confident air; his blue eyes were wide and watchful, but something about them seemed to hint that…

— Sarah Brazytis

“He bethought him with pride that he had always been called a scholar, and sneered at for his love of solitude and books. He…

— Virginia Woolf

“He was far from handsome certainly; and was drest in a snuff-coloured suit, of an uncouth make at the best, which, being shrunk with…

— Charles Dickens

“He could be boastful in a way pleasantly at odds with his native fatalism, and his youthful stubbornness had a way of ameliorating into…

— Dan Lopez

“He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that…

— Washington Irving

The war had made a man of him! It had coarsened him and hardened him. There was no other way to look at it.…

— Ford Madox Ford

“His entire aspect was menacing, starting with his chilling eyes and the pronounced bone structure of his face. He was tall and lean, but…

— Sandra Brown