Character Quote by Don Herold

The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.

— Confucius

Man is a willful and covetous animal, who makes use of his intellect to satisfy his inclinations, but who cares nothing for truth, who…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

One must be a great man indeed to be able to hold out even against common sense." "Or else a fool.

— Anonymous

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own,…

— William Hazlitt

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

— Confucius

The mind's the standard of the man.

— Alan Watts

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

— Marcus Aurelius

Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage.

— Michael Leunig

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

— Sophocles

And, is not Virtue in Mankind The Nutriment that feeds the Mind?

— Jonathan Swift

“In the case of any person whose judgment is really deserving of confidence, how has it become so? Because he has kept his mind…

— John Stuart Mill

The recognition of virtue is not less valuable from the lips of the man who hates it, since truth forces him to acknowledge it;…

— Michel de Montaigne