a weak and irresolute disposition is often more destructive than determined vice. — Lady Caroline Lamb Copy Share Image
She had a lively, playful disposition that delighted in anything ridiculous. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
I am not sure just what the unpardonable sin is, but I believe it is a disposition to evade the payment of… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“A man ought never to trust another man’s evaluation of a third man’s disposition.” — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
A disposition to dwell on the bright side...is like gold to its possessor... — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. As far as an amiable disposition and powers of entertainment make you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles,… — Phyllis Bottome Copy Share Image
The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“Those who incessantly underestimate people will one day experience an incident that would make them want to plead everyone they had offended… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Virtues are dispositions not only to act in particular ways, but also to feel in particular ways. To act virtuously is not,… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt… — Martha Washington Copy Share Image
The moment one abandons the idea that he was born to discover what is right and enforce it upon the rest of… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
Beans are highly nutritious and satisfying, they can also be delicious if and when properly prepared, and they posses over all vegetables… — Andre Simon Copy Share Image
I don't flatter myself with much dependence upon the present disposition of the Eastern Indians, who are many ways liable to be… — William Shirley Copy Share Image
“Happiness is a frame of mind. It is a state of thinking. It is an attitude, a headset, a mentality. Happiness is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Understanding a theory has, indeed, much in common with understanding a human personality. We may know or understand a man's system of… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear; it consists not in starting or shrinking at tales of misery, but in a… — Charles James Copy Share Image
No man is nobler born than another, unless he is born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. They who make… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Gaming corrupts our disposition and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions. — Hugh Blair Copy Share Image
Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise. — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
The object of punishment is to... lift the man up; to stamp out his bad nature and wicked disposition. — Isaac Parker Copy Share Image
Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I think there's something to be said for developing the disposition to own stocks without fretting. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
You are not responsible for the disposition you are born with, but you are responsible for the one you die with. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
All children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences. — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition. — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
How strange or odd some'er I bear myself, As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image