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Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character
I see and approve better things, I follow the worse
Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education has left him unqualified
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good
Our characters are a result of our conduct
Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do
Character develops itself in the stream of life
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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