Characteristic Quotes

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Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic. — Oscar Wilde
Animals! the object of insatiable interest, examples of the riddle of life, created, as it were, to reveal the human being to man himself, displaying… — Bruno Schulz
The aims of these three groups are entirely irreconcilable. The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle… — George Orwell
As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding… — Yukio Mishima
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate… — Henry David Thoreau
It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness. — Edgar Rice Burroughs
How characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach. — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
And no, it wasn't shame I now felt, or guilt, but something rarer in my life and stronger than both: remorse. A feeling which is… — Julian Barnes
Altogether it will be found that a quiet life is characteristic of great men, and that their pleasures have not been of the sort that… — Bertrand Russell
The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the… — Simone de Beauvoir
Care and Quality are internal and external aspects of the same thing. A person who sees Quality and feels it as he works is a… — Robert M. Pirsig
If I had to define a major depression in a single sentence, I would describe it as a "genetic/neurochemical disorder requiring a strong environmental trigger… — Robert M. Sapolsky
He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons. — Vasily Grossman
If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the… — Zig Ziglar
Beyond the element of giving, the active characteristic of love becomes evident in the fact that it always implies certain basic elements, common to all… — Erich Fromm
Consequently, citizen legislators, rotating back to their communities after a short period of public serviceâ€”considered an indispensable and routine characteristic and design of representative government… — Mark Levin
The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence. — Robert J. Shiller
If there is one characteristic more than others that contemporary public worship needs to recapture it is this awe before the surpassingly great and gracious… — Henry Sloane Coffin
Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents. — Alan Dundes
Beyond doubt, the most salient characteristic of life in this latter half of the 19th Century is its SPEED — Unknown Author

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