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"I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him."
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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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"I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him."
Character
"It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it."
Design
"To be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude."
Solitude
"Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip."
Destruction
"The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered."
Fool
"A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her."
Sex
"It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do."
Act
"A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband."
Husband
"I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me."
Morality
"Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body."
Body
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