William Shakespeare - Charles Dickens - John Wilmot - Benjamin Disraeli - Bertrand Russell -
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever;
One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never. William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing II iii 65
I am as constant as the north star. William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar III i 60, Caesar to Cassius and Brutus
Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Tell me no more of constancy,
that frivolous pretense,
Of cold age, narrow jealousy,
disease and want of sense. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-80, Against Constancy
The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Benjamin Disraeli
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. Bertrand Russell