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    And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to
    myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us
    not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of
    you be puffed up for one against another.

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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

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You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

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Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.

Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.

by Henry Carey Found in: Character Quotes,
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All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.

All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural
propensities.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Character Quotes,
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There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full read more

There are four types of people: Smart and lazy, Smart and full of energy, Stupid and lazy, Stupid and full of energy

by Leif Summerfield Found in: Character Quotes,
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Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man read more

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Character Quotes,
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Most men are bad.

Most men are bad.

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Man's character is his fate.

Man's character is his fate.

by Heraclitus Found in: Character Quotes,
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Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the read more

Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the same block out of which you two were cutte?

by A.h. Bullen Found in: Character Quotes,
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