Charles Dickens Quotes, Character Quotes, Eye Quotes

... Herbert said of himself, with his eyes fixed on the fire, that he thought he must have committed a felony and forgotten the details of it, he felt so dejected and guilty.

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Our most valuable teachers are our enemies.While our friends can help us in many ways, only our enemies can provide us with the challenge we need to develop tolerance, patience, and compassionthree virtues essential for building character, developing peace of mind, and bringing us true happiness.

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It is an outcome of faith that nature-as she is perceptible to our five senses-takes the character of such a well formulated puzzle.

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The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.

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... what such people miscall their religion, is a vent for their bad humours and arrogance.

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The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what's truly important.

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It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past

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The foundation of culture, as of character, is at last the moral sentiment.

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The Superior Man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup.

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Tags : Confucius Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

You do not settle whether an argument is justified by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments but between barbarous and civilized behaviour. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

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No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will have changed and character, not possession of wealth, title or birth, will be the test of merit.

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It is always a practical difficulty with clubs to regulate the laws of election so as to exclude peremptorily every social nuisance. Nobody wishes bad manners. We must have loyalty and character.

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As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.

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In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.

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For me, if the writing and - by extension - the subject matter and the characters are all good, it doesn't matter if it's film or TV. Each medium has great things going for it.

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It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.

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The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the constitution. The citizen should be molded to suit the form of government under which he lives. For each government has a peculiar character which originally formed and which continues to preserve it. The character of democracy creates democracy, and the character of oligarchy creates oligarchy.

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I am far from underestimating the importance of dividends, but I rank dividends below human character.

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He indeed possesses the Character imposed on him, but he wanders as a renegade.

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In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that of the soldier predominates over every other character.

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