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Personality4 quotes
The childhood shows the man,
As morning shows the day. — John Milton · 1671We boil at different degrees. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1870The Child is father of the Man. — William Wordsworth · 1802I have often thought that the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it came upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: "This is the real me!" — William James · 1878Personal growth2 quotes
The childhood shows the man,
As morning shows the day. — John Milton · 1671The Child is father of the Man. — William Wordsworth · 1802Character1 quote
I have often thought that the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it came upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: "This is the real me!" — William James · 1878Human diversity1 quote
We boil at different degrees. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1870Man and child1 quote
The Child is father of the Man. — William Wordsworth · 1802The self1 quote
I have often thought that the best way to define a man's character would be to seek out the particular mental or moral attitude in which, when it came upon him, he felt himself most deeply and intensely active and alive. At such moments there is a voice inside which speaks and says: "This is the real me!" — William James · 1878