Quotes About Character

You're a tough guy, aren't you?" Tough was the biggest compliment my family offered. Nice was fine, smart was good, but tough was what we aimed for.

Our virtues make us; but virtues are not enough, we must deploy our vices at times.

But who would hold up his head, if people judged us by what we were like at twenty?" 398

You must, of course. Robespierre doesn't lie or cheat or steal, doesn't get drunk, doesn't fornicate—overmuch. He's not a hedonist or a mainchancer or a breaker of promises." Danton grinned. "But what's the use of all this goodness? People don't try to emulate you. Instead they just pull the wool over your eyes.

In his student days he was known for a sharp slanderous tongue, for irreverance to his seniors, for drinking and gaming for high stakes. But who would hold up his head, if people judged us by what we were like at twenty?

But who would hold up his head, if people judged us by what we were like at twenty?

the wise prince is not always the most popular prince;

It is not the stars that make us, Dr. Butts, it is circumstance and necessità, the choices we make under pressure; our virtues make us, but virtues are not enough, we must deploy our vices at times.

Full bellies breed gentle manners. A pinch of famine makes monsters.(Bringing up the bodies,pg 36)

Henry is a man of great endowments, lacking only consistency, reason and sense.

She is never put down for long. That's why men like her. There will be other times, other men, others manners.

People confuse early rising with moral worth;

I so loved the nobility of your character, your wisdom, your chastity, your spirit, and indeed every aspect of your life that many people have said to me: What are you doing?

The worse the ill that fate on noble souls Inflicts, the more their firmness; and they arm Their spirits with adamant to meet the blow.

Mark this! who lives beyond his means Forfeits respect, loses his sense; Where?er he goes, through the seven births, All count him knave: him women hate.

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

True nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

It is far more important to know what sort of person has the disease, rather than what sort of disease the person has.

But what's important isn't the Magic, it's the heart of the wielder who uses it.

Where the fuck is Mickey!? Fuck's sake! If there's no Mickey, this shit ain't Disney!

My loneliness I have borne about with me through the crowd as a snail his house. For some individuals solitude isn't a circumstance they've tumbled into by chance, but a trait, of character.

J'ai toujours imaginé que la franchise et un certain amour de la vérité faisaient partie du fondement même de mon caractère. Or me voici impliqué dans une relation qui fait du mensonge, de la ruse et de la dissimulation des nécessités presque quotidiennes et à ma grande surprise, je découvre que je ne suis pas si mauvais que ça

Las mentes chatas acostumbran a estimar a un hombre según su posición económica. Yo sigo el camino opuesto y estimo la posición económica según el hombre

We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.