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    Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.)

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If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions read more

If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.

by Cicero Found in: Character Quotes,
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A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

by Heraclitus Found in: Character Quotes,
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

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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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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

by Jean Paul Richter Found in: Character Quotes,
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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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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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When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself read more

When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there.

by Jan Karon Found in: Character Quotes,
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is read more

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Character Quotes,
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