Honore De Balzac Quotes, Heart Quotes, Character Quotes

What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden changes in character, about which so much has been said, are instinctive calculations for the furtherance of our own pleasures. Seeing himself now in his fine clothes, his new gloves and shoes, Eugène de Rastignac forgot his noble resolve. Youth, when it swerves toward wrong, dares not look in the mirror of conscience; maturity has already seen itself there. That is the whole difference between the two phases of life.

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The chief factor in any man's success or failure must be his own 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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To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To know the sense of shame is to draw close to courage. He who knows these three things knows how to cultivate his own character. Knowing how to cultivate his own character, he knows how to govern other men. Knowing how to govern other men, he knows how to govern the world, its states, and its families.

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Tags : Confucius Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday.

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Tags : Agatha Christie Quotes , Character Quotes , Individuality 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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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Character Quotes , Evil 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

One of the first memories I have was watching Whoopi Goldberg perform her one-woman show on Broadway on HBO. She moved seamlessly through an array of spirited and soul-stirring characters, each one holding a mirror up to me and allowing me in many ways to see a reflection of myself on screen.

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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

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Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact.

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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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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Character Quotes , Men Quotes

It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.

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

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Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?

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When I watch medical shows or other shows where characters die, it kind of bums me out.

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It was understood that nothing of a tender nature could possibly be confided to old Barley, by reason of his being totally unequal to the consideration of any subject more psychological than gout, rum, and purser's stores.

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Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Character Quotes , Interesting Quotes

Praise is well, compliment is well, but affection-that is the last and most precious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement.

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I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...)

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Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

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

The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell, together, as quickly as possible.

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