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"Only a mediocre person is always at his best."
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"She has a serene, glowing disposition. She looks at you and the rest of the world through the eyes of a lynx and is always mysterious, possibly because she always harbours those hidden laughs just beneath her lips. She's always ready to laugh."

"I can eat you at breakfast, not because I am a monster; it is only because you are too cute and yummy."

"Humanism is not a single character. It is a magnificent blend of various emotional and behavioral traits that are unique to the human mind."

"Being bigheaded can be as irritating and as dangerous as being small-minded."

"A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles."

"I cannot do anything fake; that is why even when I sleep with a prostitute, she falls in love with me."

"Since we are all unique and individual, being cognizant of different personality styles will help you better recognize where others are coming from to minimize barriers, build trust, and catapult your newfound communication skills into meaningful connections. The savvy socializer knows this all."

"Character of any person is the aggregate of his or her conscientious tendencies - the sum total of the knacks of the civilized part of the mind."

"Confidence, is like a belt worn around the waist. Wear it too tight, you come off cocky and arrogant, wear it too loose, you come off timid and a walk over, but wear it fit and snug, it will uphold you in every step of the way."

"We might respect a serious person with an austere and rigid personality, but we adore merry, kindhearted, and artistic people."
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"What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature."

"It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it."

"A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing."

"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character."

"I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me."

"It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent."

"It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive."
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