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Philosophical literature6 quotes
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love. — Adam Smith · 1759The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool. — Aristotle · 322 BCA man's character is his fate. — HeraclitusFor he that is fallen low did never firmly stand. — Boethius · 523So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains. — Lucretius · 55 BCTragedy (play)3 quotes
For he does not wish to appear the bravest, but to be the bravest. — Aeschylus · 467 BCHis life was gentle and the elements
So mixed in him that nature might stand up
And say to all the world “This was a man.” — William Shakespeare · 1599Men should be what they seem. — William Shakespeare · 1604Didactic poem2 quotes
Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows. — Hesiod · 700 BCSo it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains. — Lucretius · 55 BCComing of age story1 quote
There are a set of religious, or rather moral writers, who teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery, in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true. — Henry Fielding · 1749Crime1 quote
Because you are a character doesn't mean you have character. — The Wolf · 1994Crime (film)1 quote
Because you are a character doesn't mean you have character. — The Wolf · 1994Drama1 quote
On any given Sunday you're either gonna win or you're gonna lose. — Tony D'Amato · 1999Drama (film)1 quote
On any given Sunday you're either gonna win or you're gonna lose. — Tony D'Amato · 1999Economic literature1 quote
Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love. — Adam Smith · 1759Greek tragedy1 quote
For he does not wish to appear the bravest, but to be the bravest. — Aeschylus · 467 BCHistory (play)1 quote
His life was gentle and the elements
So mixed in him that nature might stand up
And say to all the world “This was a man.” — William Shakespeare · 1599Neo-noir1 quote
Because you are a character doesn't mean you have character. — The Wolf · 1994Picaresque1 quote
There are a set of religious, or rather moral writers, who teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery, in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true. — Henry Fielding · 1749Political literature1 quote
I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. — John Milton · 1644Political speech1 quote
Character, not circumstances, makes the man. — Booker T. Washington · 1896Religious literature1 quote
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. — Proverbs 24:10 · 686 BCSports1 quote
On any given Sunday you're either gonna win or you're gonna lose. — Tony D'Amato · 1999Sports (film)1 quote
On any given Sunday you're either gonna win or you're gonna lose. — Tony D'Amato · 1999Western1 quote
They tell me you're a man with true grit. — Mattie Ross · 2010Western (film)1 quote
They tell me you're a man with true grit. — Mattie Ross · 2010