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.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Nature never rhymes her children, nor makes two men alike. When we see a great man, we fancy... A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. This rule,equally arduous in actual... Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my... The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic... It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame:... There is a mortifying experience in particular, which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general... No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Nature avenges herself speedily on the hard pedantry that would chain her waves. She is no literalist. Every... People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past
Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.
Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungainliness and odium, as the burr that protects the fruit.
The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself is to quote one.
Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to...
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