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    From their folded mates they wander far,
    Their ways seem harsh and wild:
    They follow the beck of a baleful star,
    Their paths are dream-beguiled.

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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.

by Jean Paul Richter Found in: Character Quotes,
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Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious,
Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.

Heroic, stoic Cato, the sententious,
Who lent his lady to his friend Hortensius.

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Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.)

Vitanda est improba Siren Desidia. (That shameful Siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided.)

by Horace 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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Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the
ground finished; but that part which soars toward read more

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the
ground finished; but that part which soars toward heaven, the
turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Character Quotes,
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He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

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Only the mediocre are always at their best!

Only the mediocre are always at their best!

by Johnathan Winters Found in: Character Quotes,
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Character is what you are in the dark.

Character is what you are in the dark.

by Dwight Moody Found in: Character Quotes,
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Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

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