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"The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice."
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"Our behavior to ordinary people depicts our actual nature."
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"The beauty of the soul is wrapped in modest fashion."
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"I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it."
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"It is better to be gentle than rude."
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"Developing a true and solid character and finding unique traits that belong to only you is a foundational thing."
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"The kindest mind is the most beautiful mind!"
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"Character that is fruit-producing can be summed up in the mastery of these 5 qualities: morals, but a sense of humor; love, but respect for criticism; intelligence without pretense; humility without self-loathing; and a mind open, but with solid convictions."
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"Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire."
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"Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: he will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is nobody.Probably all you will think about him is that he seemed a cheerful, intelligent chap who took a real interest in what you said to him.If you do dislike him it will be because you feel a little envious of anyone who seems to enjoy life so easily. He will not be thinking about humility: he will not be thinking about himself at all."
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"A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents."
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"Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly."
Nature
"The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice."
Character
"To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination."
Imagination
"Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture."
Work
"It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort."
Effort
"For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set."
Mind
"When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield."
Hope
"Without natural gifts technical rules are useless."
Knowledge
"Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues."
Ambition
"As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone."
Family
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