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Jeffrey Howard Archer is an English novelist, former politician, convicted perjurer, and peer of the realm.

Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament , but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt. He revived his fortunes as a best-selling novelist; his books have sold around 330 million copies worldwide.Archer became deputy chairman of the Conservative Party , before resigning after a newspaper accused him of paying money to a prostitute. In 1987, he won a court case and was awarded large damages because of this claim. He was made a life peer in 1992 and subsequently became Conservative candidate to be the first elected Mayor of London. He had to resign his candidacy in 1999 after it emerged that he had lied in his 1987 libel case. He was imprisoned for perjury and perverting the course of justice, ending his elected political career. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. April 1940  •  Other names جیفری آرچر, جفری آرچر, ဂျက်ဖရီအာချား
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Works

Only Time Will Tell
Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer
A Prisoner of Birth
A Prisoner of Birth
Jeffrey Archer
Best Kept Secret
Best Kept Secret
Jeffrey Archer
Only Time Will Tell
Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer
A Prisoner of Birth
A Prisoner of Birth
Jeffrey Archer
Best Kept Secret
Best Kept Secret
Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Archer: 15 quotes5 likes

Famous Jeffrey Archer Quotes

“There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.”

Jeffrey Archer book Best Kept Secret

Source: Best Kept Secret

“If you make a deal with a fool, don't be surprised when they act foolishly.”

Jeffrey Archer book Only Time Will Tell

Source: Only Time Will Tell

“Making a million legally has always been difficult. Making a million illegally has always been a little easier. Keeping a million when you have made it is perhaps the most difficult of all.”

Jeffrey Archer book Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

Source: Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

“I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.”

Jeffrey Archer book A Prisoner of Birth

Source: A Prisoner of Birth

“I want to be your stranger across a crowded room.”

Jeffrey Archer

Jeffrey Archer Quotes

“Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends.”

Jeffrey Archer book Only Time Will Tell

Source: Only Time Will Tell

“We all make mistakes but one has to move on.”

Jeffrey Archer

“I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking”

Jeffrey Archer book Only Time Will Tell

Source: Only Time Will Tell

“Are parents always more ambitious for their children than they are for themselves?”

Jeffrey Archer book A Prisoner of Birth

Source: A Prisoner of Birth

“You can often judge the character of a person by the way he treats his fellow men.”

Jeffrey Archer book Only Time Will Tell

Source: Only Time Will Tell

“A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.”

Jeffrey Archer

“I'm what you might call centre-right but I've always disliked the right wing as much as I've disliked the left wing.”

Jeffrey Archer

Comment about his own political ideology. From a Question and Answer interview on BBC New Online http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/269876.stm. (February 1, 1999) Url accessed on December 12, 2008.

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