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"Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"We falsely attribute to men a determined character - putting together all their yesterdays - and averaging them - we presume we know them. Pity the man who has character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is the silent poor indeed."
-Henry David Thoreau
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"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."
-Abraham Lincoln
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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
-Abraham Lincoln
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"Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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"A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation."
-Mark Twain
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"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."
-Aeschylus
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"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."
-George Washington
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"Character is power."
-Booker T. Washington
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"Character, not circumstances, make the man."
-Booker T. Washington
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"You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise."
-Seneca
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"The character of a man is known from his conversations."
-Menander
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"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain; but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving."
-Dale Carnegie
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"Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established."
-Confucius
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"Character must be kept bright as well as clean."
-Lord Chesterfield
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"People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest."
-Hermann Hesse
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"Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character."
-Heraclitus Of Ephesus
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"Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character."
-Oscar Levant
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"What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly."
-Carl Rogers
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"Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him."
-Cicero
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"Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem."
-W. Somerset Maugham
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"It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character."
-Dale E. Turner
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"A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol."
-Charles Horton Cooley
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"Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be."
-George Santayana
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