The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.
Character is the essence of all that a man has seen in life and regards as high and exalted. Character is like truth: the substance of the things that a man has forgotten but the substance of the things that are worth remembering in life.
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
A man's character is his fate.
What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his actions.
The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.
He who is infatuated with 'Man' leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook.
Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
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