Charles Dickens Quotes, Character Quotes, Men Quotes

The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and tombs and deserted houses and gathered all the spoils with his own hands. There was nothing in the whole collection but was in keeping with himself nothing that looked older or more worn than he.

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Giving style” to one’s character - a great and rare art! It is exercised by those who see all the strengths and weaknesses of their own natures and then comprehend them in an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason and even weakness delights the eye.

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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

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For a great nature, it is a happiness to escape a religious training; religion of character is so apt to be invaded.

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It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.

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A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.

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Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.

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Never forget that a man is made great and perfect as much by his faults as by his virtues. So we must not seek to rob a nation of its character, even if it could be proved that the character was all faults.

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My interest is always to get as deeply as I can into the minds and spirits of the characters and let the readers empathize or judge as they will.

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Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.

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A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.

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Fledgeby deserved Mr. Alfred Lammle's eulogium. He was the meanest cur existing, with a single pair of legs. And instinct (a word we all clearly understand) going largely on four legs, and reason always on two, meanness on four legs never attains the perfection of meanness on two.

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A married philosopher is a comic character.

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Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.

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The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

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Slavery is not penal in character and planned by that law which commands the preservation of the natural order and forbids disturbance.

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We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but the misery of man will still continue to exist until man's character changes.

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

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Be more interested in people's character, than their contributions.

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