“We fall in love with a personality, but we must live with a character.” — Peter De Vries, Mrs. Wallop
Tag: character
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“One is born with a certain character and life shapes it.” — Elena Poniatowska, The Art of Fiction No. 238, Paris Review (Spring 2018)
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“Character is our description of ourselves as we want others to see us.” — John Ciardi, Manner of Speaking, The Saturday Review (1966-09-24)
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“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Worship,” The Conduct of Life
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“It is hard for me to describe her character now because I came to know her too well and like any person I know she eludes me. Has too many contradictions.” — Pati Hill, The Pit and the Century Plant, The Paris Review, Fall-Winter 1954-1955
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“Our life evokes our character and you find out more about yourself as you go on.” — Joseph Campbell, Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth
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“The world will find out that part of your character which concerns it : that which especially concerns yourself, it will leave for you to discover.” — Arthur Helps, Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd
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“By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.” — Peter Drucker, The Effective Executive
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“Abnormal: To have intelligence, character, or genius; to be less stupid than one’s neighbor; to be better than the worst; to be one’s self. E.g., the writer of these lines.” — Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams
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“If a fellow’s putting in five or six hours a day on his neighbor’s character, he’s mighty apt to scamp the building of his own.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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