"Our names are labels, plainly printed on the bottled essence of our past behavior."

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"To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely."

Willard Gaylin, American Scientist

Behavior, Man, Unconscious

"Vanity dies hard, in some obstinate cases it outlives the man."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Behavior, Vanity, Death, Humanity, Truth

"Marianne had now been brought by degrees, so much into the habit of going out every day, that it was become a matter of indifference to her, whether she went or not: and she prepared quietly and mechanically for every evening's engagement, though without expecting the smallest amusement from any, and very often without knowing, till the last moment, where it was to take her."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Behavior, Habit, Indifference, Routine, Engagement

"A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

Behavior, Reflection, Family, Emotion

"Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Behavior, Humor, Truth, Life, Happiness

"Don't plead with anyone if you were not at fault, you'll only look inferior, stupid and funny, bolster your ego by doing the undoing."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Behavior, Pride, Ego, Respect, Conflict

"Politeness is organized indifference."

Paul Valery, French Poet

Behavior, Indifference, Politeness

"You have to first position yourself with the right level of mannerism, before others could see a reason to respect you."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

Behavior, Respect, Manners, Self

"As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it."

Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

Behavior, Advice, People, Mindset, Blame

"He was the mildest manner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Behavior, Violence, Observation, Humanity

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"Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there is no God."

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"Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them."

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"Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste."

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"There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation."

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"A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend."

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"People before the public live an imagined life in the thought of others, and flourish or feel faint as their self outside themselves grows bright or dwindles in that mirror."

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"To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely."

"Vanity dies hard, in some obstinate cases it outlives the man."

"A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones."

"Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually."

"Don't plead with anyone if you were not at fault, you'll only look inferior, stupid and funny, bolster your ego by doing the undoing."

"Politeness is organized indifference."

"You have to first position yourself with the right level of mannerism, before others could see a reason to respect you."

"As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it."

"He was the mildest manner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat."

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"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading."

"The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves."

"A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent."

"Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there is no God."

"Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them."

"Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste."

"There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation."

"A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend."

"People before the public live an imagined life in the thought of others, and flourish or feel faint as their self outside themselves grows bright or dwindles in that mirror."