Body Quote by Napoleon Hill

Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.

— Richard Cecil

The author can always delve into his own personality and find aspects of himself with which he can dress his characters.

— Terry Pratchett

Man is what he reads.

— Joseph Brodsky

“...the representation of human character and personality remains always the supreme literary value, whether in drama, lyric or narrative. I am naive enough to…

— Harold Bloom

“The writer in him is only the shadow of the man, though so often we observe men whose art of writing is so great,…

— Stefan Zweig

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

— Alphonse Karr

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

— Francois Mauriac

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

— Voltaire

The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.

— Maria Montessori

A man can define many things beautifully in his life, but his character is one beautiful thing that can define him instantly and completely.

— Anuj Somany

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to…

— Aldous Huxley

It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

— Baltasar Gracian