Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes, Character Quotes, Men Quotes

the brut first knows death when it dies, but man draws consciously nearer to it every hour that he lives; and this makes his life at times a questionable good even to him who has not recognised this character of constant anaihilation in the whole of life.

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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

Though not a participant in the Business of life; I am, like the character of Addison and Steele, an impartial (or more or less impartial) Spectator, who finds not a little recreation in watching the antics of those strange and puny puppets called men.

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Tags : H. P. Lovecraft Quotes , Life Quotes , Character Quotes

You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Character Quotes , Opportunity Quotes

Le lecteur, lui non plus, ne voit pas les choses du dehors. Il est dans le labyrinthe aussi. The reader [as well as the main character] does not view the work from outside. He too is in the labyrinth.

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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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Tags : A. Powell Davies Quotes , Character Quotes , Greatness Quotes

Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I'm playing.

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Do not forget that small daily actions do or undo character.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Character Quotes , Action Quotes

If you would not be known to do anything, never do it.

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

Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.

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When the character's right, looks are a greater delight.

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Tags : Ovid Quotes , Character Quotes , Looks Quotes

Have you ever met a man of good character where women are concerned?

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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

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Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Leadership Quotes , Character Quotes

A tender young cork, however, would have had no more chance against a pair of corkscrews, or a tender young tooth against a pair of dentists, or a little shuttlecock against two battledores, than I had against Uriah and Mrs. Heep. They did just what they liked with me; and wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell, with a certainty I blush to think of.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Character Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Of all the endless variety of phenomena which nature presents to our senses, there is none that fills our minds with greater wonder than that inconceivably complex movement which, in its entirety, we designate as human life; Its mysterious origin is veiled in the forever impenetrable mist of the past, its character is rendered incomprehensible by its infinite intricacy, and its destination is hidden in the unfathomable depths of the future... .

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Tags : Nikola Tesla Quotes , Character Quotes , Past Quotes

I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!

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Tags : Anne Frank Quotes , Character Quotes , Fighting Quotes

Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I ha' lost my reputation, I ha' lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial!

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Character Quotes , Reputation Quotes

I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on Episodes. He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he's such a huge gay person.

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Tags : Adam Pally Quotes , Character Quotes , Gay Quotes

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

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Character Quotes , People Quotes

The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

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Tags : Confucius Quotes , Wise Quotes , Character Quotes