Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . .
he had two distinct persons in him.
Robert Burton
Quotes , Source: Anatomy of Melancholy--Democritus to the Reader
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So well she acted all and every part
By turns--with that vivacious versatility,
Which many people take for want of heart.
They err--'tis merely what is call'd mobility,
A thing of temperament and not of art,
Though seeming so, from its supposed facility;
And false--though true; for surely they're sincerest
Who are strongly acted on by what is nearest.
Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)
Quotes , Source: Don Juan (canto XVI, st. 97)
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With more capacity for love than earth
Bestows on most of mortal mould and birth,
His early dreams of good out-stripp'd the truth,
And troubled manhood follow'd baffled youth.
Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron)
Quotes , Source: Lara (canto I, st. 18)
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Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.
Henry Carey
Quotes , Source: The Contrivances (act I, sc. 2, l. 22)
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We are firm believers in the maxim that, for all right judgment
of any man or thing, it is useful, nay, essential, to see his
good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.
Thomas Carlyle
Quotes , Source: Essays--Goethe
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Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
Jonathan Edwards
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A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
Vernon Howard
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Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.)
Horace
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There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full of energy
Leif Summerfield
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Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature man that you can paint the air.
Vernon Howard
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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Abraham Lincoln
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Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
James Buckham
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
Henry Ward Beecher
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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and ;Independence.
Edward Rickenbacker
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Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
Alphonse Karr
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