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Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them. – Suzanne Necker

In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. – Ambrose Bierce

There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character. – Frederick W. Faber

If it was necessary to tolerate in other people everything that one permits oneself, life would be unbearable. – Georges Courteline, La philosophie de Georges Courteline, 1917

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self. – Martin Luther

I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house-tops. – Oscar Wilde

In all men is evil sleeping; the good man is he who will not awaken it, in himself or in other men. – Mary Renault

The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the characters of individuals. – Henry David Thoreau

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown

The only guy I have to get better than is who I am right now. – M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul. – William Shakespeare

Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to. – Arnold H. Glasow

What you allow, you encourage. – Michael Josephson, whatwillmatter.com

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. – Max Lerner, Actions and Passions, 1949

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it. – A.A. Hodge

Aspire to a lower level of harm. – Terri Guillemets

Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murders. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls. – Victor Hugo

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good. – Author Unknown

Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

I did not use paint, I made myself up morally. – Eleanora Duse, Le Gaulois, 1922