If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
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Proverb, Latin
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If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
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Character Quotations Click  Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.Amiel, Henri-Frederic Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way...you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actionsAristotle Those who live maquiladorian lives, do not and never can enjoy the benefits of a personality.Aryan, Stephen All our actions take their hues from the complexion of the heart. As landscapes their variety from light.Bacon, W. T Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action... if you know these things about a man you can touch him at the core of his being.Bernbach, William In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.Bradford, Gamaliel The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.Buren, Abigail Van Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.Burke, Edmund Those who quit their proper character to assume what does not belong to them, are for the greater part ignorant of both the character they leave and of the character they assume.Burke, Edmund A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art.Chesterfield, Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of You must look into people, as well as at them.Chesterfield, Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.Chesterton, Gilbert Keith When some English moralists write about the importance of having character, they appear to mean only the importance of having a dull character.Chesterton, Gilbert Keith The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer It is not the quality of the meat, but the cheerfulness of the guests, that makes the feast.Clarendon, Lord He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.Colton, Charles Caleb « Previous Page | Next Page » |
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