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Quotations by Subject: Character
(Related Subjects: Habits, Sincerity)
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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.: Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.: Richard Greenberg, NY Times Magazine, 03-26-2006
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004), quoted in Observer, March 29 1981
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.: Sam Ewing
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.: Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)
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 (1874 - 1965), The Moon and Sixpence
Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.: William Carleton

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