Quotes with character

Quotes 281 till 300 of 464.

  • Solon Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
    Solon
    Greek statesman (638 - 558)
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  • Ben Shapiro Putin himself is a character out of fiction, an uber-macho former Soviet thug running a massive, expansionist kleptocracy. The man stages photographs riding horses barechested and hunting tigers. His enemies find themselves on the wrong end of radioactive poisoning.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Ann Beattie Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Rascals are always sociable - more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others company.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Thomas Paine Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Theodore Parker Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.
    Theodore Parker
    American minister (1810 - 1860)
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  • Bryan Greenberg Seriously, my music really does help my acting, and, like, getting in and out of a character from a different lifestyle and writing a song about it. Likewise, my acting inspires the music because I can write a theme that I wouldn't necessarily approach at all in life.
    Bryan Greenberg
    American actor and singer (1978 - )
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  • Cardinal de Retz She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.
    Cardinal de Retz
    French churchman and writer of memoirs (1613 - 1679)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than the ladies described in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with shafts from their quiver or their eyes.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Fawn M. Brodie Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.
    Fawn M. Brodie
    American historian and biographer (1915 - 1981)
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  • Sir Henry Taylor Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.
    Sir Henry Taylor
    English dramatist and poet (1800 - 1886)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • James Russell Lowell Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Maria Weston Chapman Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.
    Maria Weston Chapman
    American abolitionist (1806 - 1885)
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  • Bayard Taylor So far as regards their moral character, the Finns have as little cause for reproach as any other people.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Brooke Shields Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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