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Quotations by Subject: Character (40 quotes)

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When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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A man's character is his fate.: Heraclitus (540 BC - 480 BC), On the Universe
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.: Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Agamemnon
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You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.: Aristophanes (450 BC - 388 BC), Knights, 424 B.C.
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To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics
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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles
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I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity.: Arnold Toynbee (1889 - 1975)
It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.: Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804), Speech on 21 June 1788 urging ratification of the Constitution in New York.

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