GEMS OF THOUGHT
CHARACTER. Our characters are determined largely by what we consider to be essential to our happiness.—Watts. Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul. —Stevens. The character of true greatness is doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read; and rendering the world happier and better for having lived in it. —Pliny.
Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in insignificant matters, and in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others, and denies nothing to itself. — Schopenhauer.
The beautiful in character is also the good, welding indissolubly the links of affection. —Mary Baker Eddy. The great hope of society is in individual character. —Channing.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 September 1939, Page 8
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