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Character Quotes by Michael Dirda
- Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to…
- In Madame Bovary Flaubert never allows anything to go on too long; he can suggest years of boredom in a paragraph, capture the essence of…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- Life may burn us, it's how we rise out of the ashes that define our character. — Nishan Panwar
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey
- Life never was intended to be easy. Rather, it is a period of proving and growth. It is interwoven with difficulties, challenges,… — Richard G. Scott
- Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Character makes trust possible, and trust is the foundation of leadership. — John C. Maxwell