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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed
A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought
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
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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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