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I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.

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Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

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But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.

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A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.

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It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

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The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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If you over-plot your book you strangle your characters. Your characters have to have enough freedom and life to be able to surprise you.

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Going for character: why not now, and where you stand?

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To define is to limit.

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There are few persons, even among the calmest thinkers, who have not occasionally been startled into a vague yet thrilling half credence in the supernatural, by coincidences of so seemingly marvellous a character that, as mere coincidences, the intellect has been unable to receive them.

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Tags : Edgar Allan Poe Quotes , Character Quotes , Half Quotes

Foolish, whenever you take the meanness and formality of that thing you do, instead of converting it into the obedient spiracle ofyour character and aims.

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For me, a lot of the humor comes not from innocence but from characters trying to figure out how to get what they need. I don't try to be funny, but am relieved when an opportunity comes up for humor.

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Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinction. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. It is like ice, on which no beauty of form, no majesty of carriage, can plead any immunity; they must walk gingerly, according to the laws of ice, or down they must go, dignity and all.

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The persons who constitute the natural aristocracy, are not found in the actual aristocracy, or, only on its edge; as the chemicalenergy of the spectrum is found to be greatest just outside of the spectrum.

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The nature of our motivation determines the character of our work.

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There is the physical mind which is mechanical but the awareness which is the essential character (dharma) of the mind is also to some extent present there.

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Do what you know and perception is converted into character.

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I cannot conceive why people will always mix up my own character and opinions with those of the imaginary beings which, as a poet, I have the right and liberty to draw.

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Men of stainless character and self purification will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them.

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Prepare for the difficult while it is still easy. Deal with the big while it is still small. Difficult undertakings have always started with what easy. Great undertakings always started with what is small. Therefore the sage never strives for the great,And thereby the great is achieved.

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