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    So well she acted all and every part
    By turns--with that vivacious versatility,
    Which many people take for want of heart.
    They err--'tis merely what is call'd mobility,
    A thing of temperament and not of art,
    Though seeming so, from its supposed facility;
    And false--though true; for surely they're sincerest
    Who are strongly acted on by what is nearest.

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Most men are bad.

Most men are bad.

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To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

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Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the read more

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

by James Buckham Found in: Character Quotes,
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A great unrecognized incapacity.
[Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.]

A great unrecognized incapacity.
[Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.]

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Only the mediocre are always at their best!

Only the mediocre are always at their best!

by Johnathan Winters Found in: Character Quotes,
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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behoves any of us
To find fault with the rest of us.

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No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.

No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.

by Robert Browning Found in: Character Quotes,
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Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the read more

Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the same block out of which you two were cutte?

by A.h. Bullen Found in: Character Quotes,
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, read more

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

by Helen Keller Found in: Character Quotes,
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