Quotes 361 till 380 of 464.
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The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.
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The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.
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The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character.
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The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.
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The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.
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The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.
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The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997) p. 333 -
The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen.
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The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.
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The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.
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The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character.
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The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.
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The thought manifests as the word; The word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beingsÂ… As the shadow follows the body, As we think, so we become.
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The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
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The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.
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The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
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The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity.
In Defence Of Politics Ch. 1, The Nature Of Political Rule, p. 20 -
The universal narrator knows all and can enter a character's head any time he chooses.
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The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment.
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