Madame de Stael Quotes About Character
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What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.
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The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.
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One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.
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The most careful reasoning characters are very often the most easily abashed.
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Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be called the weakest?
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The only equitable manner in my opinion, of judging the character of a man is to examine if there are personal calculations in his conduct; if there are not, we may blame his manner of judging, but we are not the less bound to esteem him.
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Conscience is doubtless sufficient to conduct the coldest character into the road of virtue; but enthusiasm is to conscience what honor is to duty; there is in us a superfluity of soul, which it is sweet to consecrate to the beautiful when the good has been accomplished.
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