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Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
 Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the 
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There read more 
 Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the 
heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in 
their souls which were once tenanted by taste, and love, and joy, 
and worship, but they are all deserted now, and the rooms are 
filled with earthy and material things. 
Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mature read more
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.
Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my read more
Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
You must look into people, as well as at them.
You must look into people, as well as at them.
 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? 
Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil read more
Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.
 Genteel in personage,
 Conduct, and equipage;
  Noble by heritage,
   Generous and free.  
 Genteel in personage,
 Conduct, and equipage;
  Noble by heritage,
   Generous and free. 
 Knight without fear and without reproach.
 [Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]  
 Knight without fear and without reproach.
 [Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]