Honore De Balzac Quotes, Character Quotes, Thermometers Quotes

Temperament is the thermometer of character.

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He had a sense of his dignity, which was of the most exquisite nature. He could detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the fact. His life was made an agony by the number of fine scalpels that he felt to be incessantly engaged in dissecting his dignity.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Character Quotes , Agony Quotes

Talents of the novelist: ... observation of character, analysis of emotion, people's feelings, personal relations.

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Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Character Quotes

Who heeds the waste abyss of possibility? The ocean is everywhere the same, but it has no character until seen with the shore or the ship.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Character Quotes

For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.

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Tags : Adam Johnson Quotes , Character Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Character repudiates intellect, yet excites it; and character passes into thought, is published so, and then is ashamed before newflashes of moral worth.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Character Quotes , Morality Quotes

Be upright in thy whole life; be content in all its changes;so shalt thou make thy profit out of all occurrences; so shall everything that happeneth unto thee be the source of praise

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Tags : Akhenaton Quotes , Character Quotes , Life Is Quotes

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.

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Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

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For you, o broker, there is no other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Money Quotes , Character Quotes

Very few people in the world would care to listen to the real defense of their own characters. The real defense, the defense which belongs to the Day of Judgment, would make such damaging admissions, would clear away so many artificial virtues, would tell such tragedies of weakness and failure, that a man would sooner be misunderstood and censured by the world than exposed to that awful and merciless eulogy.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Real Quotes , Character Quotes

... for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves.

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Tags : Plato Quotes , Memories Quotes , Character Quotes

For me, intrigue is a pretty powerful emotion. If you want to know more about a character, if you want to understand how they work, then you have enough curiosity to delve into their skin and their being. That was the biggest pull for me.

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As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.

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When you work with a good actor, there is this natural rapport and chemistry that develops over time. That chemistry helps your characters come alive and makes the story of the film that much more convincing.

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Tags : Aamir Khan Quotes , Character Quotes , Stories Quotes

The Mirror Empire is the most original fantasy I've read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas, expanding the horizons of the genre. A complex and intricate book full of elegant ideas and finely-drawn characters.

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Tags : Adrian Tchaikovsky Quotes , Book Quotes , Character Quotes

I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show.

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Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Religious Quotes , Character Quotes

Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it.

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Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Character Quotes , Soul Quotes

Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them.

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Tags : Alan Ball Quotes , Character Quotes , Important Quotes