"One can acquire everything in solitude except character."

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Source : "De l'Amour" fragment 1 (1822)

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#Character Quotes #Solitude Quotes #Human Nature Quotes

“Alas! is even love too weak To unlock the heart, and let it speak? Are even lovers powerless to reveal To one another what indeed they feel? I knew the mass of men conceal'd Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd They would by other men be met With blank indifference, or with blame reproved; I knew they lived and moved Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest Of men, and alien to themselves - and yet The same heart beats in every human breast!”
“Magazines and talk shows are filled with people who say that a successful #‎ marriage is hard and requires a lot of work. But to #‎ soulmates , their harmony often feels effortless, as though it is the most natural thing in the world to be completely at ease in a #‎ relationship .”
“A cheerleader? Do I look like a guy who'd be interested in talking to a cheerleader?”
“At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there.”
“Restaurants are a wonderful escape for me. And are for a lot of people”
“I don't like to use a microphone around my head while I'm teaching so I had to learn how to project from my stomach more.”

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“One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left.”
“I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up new products and new companies, I'm an idealist.”

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