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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.

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Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.

Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.

by Henry Carey Found in: Character Quotes,
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Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my read more

Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.

by Jonathan Edwards Found in: Character Quotes,
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They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.

They love, they hate, but cannot do without him.

by Aristophanes Found in: Character Quotes,
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Man's character is his fate.

Man's character is his fate.

by Heraclitus Found in: Character Quotes,
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What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Character Quotes,
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Character is a victory, not a gift.

Character is a victory, not a gift.

by Anonymous 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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Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the
ground finished; but that part which soars toward read more

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the
ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, the
turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Character Quotes,
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.

Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.

by Jan Karon Found in: Character Quotes,
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