Quotes About Character

Then she lay on her back and gazed at the cloudless sky. Mr. Beebe, whose opinion of her rose daily, whispered to his niece that that was the proper way to behave if any little thing went wrong.

London was but a foretaste of this nomadic civilization which is altering human nature so profoundly, and throws upon personal relations a stress greater than they have ever borne before. Under cosmopolitanism, if it comes, we shall receive no help from the earth. Trees and meadows and mountains will only be a spectacle, and the binding force that once exercised on character must be entrusted to Love alone. May Love be equal to the task!

He questioned Maurice, who, when he grasped the point, was understood to reply that deeds are more important than words.

If high ideals make a young man rude, the sooner he gets rid of them the better

Italy is such a delightful place to live in if you happen to be a man. There one may enjoy that exquisite luxury of Socialism — that true Socialism which is based not on equality of income or character, but on the equality of manners.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Appearing thus late in the story, Cecil must be at once described. He was medieval. Like a Gothic statue.

Because we think it improves our characters. But he is kind to people because he loves them; and they find him out, and are offended, or frightened.

Anne looked disapproval, but she felt she had entrusted her hundred pounds to the right sort of stock broker.

For all his culture, Cecil was an ascetic at heart, and nothing in his love became him like the leaving of it.

He took no interest in politics, which ruin the character and career, yet nothing can be achieved without them.

Once a cad, always a cad

Disaster had shown her her limitations, and he realized now what a fine loyal character she was. Her humility was touching. She never repined at getting the worst of both worlds; she regarded it as the due punishment of her stupidity.

was not natural that men of different characters and tastes should be intimate, and

He was a good average Englishman who had slipped.

To Margaret this life was to remain a real force. She could not despise it, as Helen and Tibby affected to do. It fostered such virtues as neatness, decision, and obedience, virtues of the second rank, no doubt, but they have formed our civilisation. They form character, too; Margaret could not doubt it; they keep the soul from becoming sloppy. How dare Schlegels despise Wilcoxes, when it takes all sorts to make a world?

Money: give Mr Bast money, and don't bother about his ideals. He'll pick those up for himself.

It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.

Nor am I concerned with duty. I'm concerned with the characters of various people whom we know, and how, things being as they are, things may be made a little better.

Tibby, for all his defects, had a genuine personality.

A man who has been through hell does not boast of his virility. He is humble and hides it, if, indeed, it still exists.

True socialism is based not on equality of income or character, but on the equality of manners.

London was but a foretaste of this nomadic civilisation which is altering human nature so profoundly, and throws upon personal relations a stress greater than they have ever borne before. Under cosmopolitanism, if it comes, we shall receive no help from the earth. Trees and meadows and mountains will only be a spectacle, and the binding force that they once exercised on character must be entrusted to Love alone. May Love be equal to the task!

Oh, superstition is terrible, terrible! oh, it is the great defect in our Indian character!