Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

There is no education like adversity

There is no education like adversity

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with...

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with...

Life is too short to be small.

Life is too short to be small.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are...

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

London is a roost for every bird.

London is a roost for every bird.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that...

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that...

If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you...

If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and...