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Character is what can do without success

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Character is that which can do without success.

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

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No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

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The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your...more

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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

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If we are related, we shall meet. It was a tradition of the ancient world, that no metamorphosis could hide a god from a god; and there is a Greek ver...more

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The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself to the average ten...more

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The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.

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Life goes headlong. We chase some flying scheme, or we are hunted by some fear or command behind us. But if suddenly we encounter a friend, we pause; ...more

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He is a dull observer whose experience has not taught him the reality and force of magic, as well as of chemistry.

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There are many eyes that can detect and honor the prudent and household virtues; there are many that can discern Genius on his starry track, though th...more