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The manner of giving shows the character of the giver more than the gift itself. There is a princely manner of giving, and a royal manner of accepting.
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There are moments of intense joy and grief, which every one has, at least, once in his life, that illuminate his character at once.
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As a man's yes and no, so his character. A prompt yes or no marks the firm, the quick, the decided character; and a slow, the cautious or timid.
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Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride; the phlegmatic emerged from indolence; and the melancholy who has dismissed avarice, suspicion and asperity.
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Certain trifling flaws sit as disgracefully on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress.
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Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.
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Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.
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Copiousness and simplicity, variety and unity, constitute real greatness of character.
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The greatest of characters, no doubt, would be he, who, free of all trifling accidental helps, could see objects through one grand immutable medium, always at hand, and proof against illusion and time, reflecting every object in its true shape and colour through all the fluctuation of things.
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The more uniform a man's voice, step, manner of conversation, handwriting--the more quiet, uniform, settled, his actions, his character.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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Born:
November 15, 1741
Died:
January 2, 1801
(aged 59)
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