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

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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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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

by Anonymous Found in: Character Quotes,
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In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
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In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
A metaphor taken--I have not the page aright--
From an ethical work by the Stagyrite.

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A man's character is his guardian divinity.

A man's character is his guardian divinity.

by Heraclitus Found in: Character Quotes,
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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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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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No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.

No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.

by Robert Browning Found in: Character Quotes,
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But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God,
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But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God,
how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye
desire again to be in bondage?

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When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself read more

When I open many books, or most leading women's magazines, or see almost all TV shows, I don't find myself at all. I am completely anonymous. My value system is not there.

by Jan Karon Found in: Character Quotes,
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