character Quotes

All are agreed that the various moral qualities are in a sense bestowed by nature: we are just, and capable of temperance, and brave, and possessed of the other virtues from the moment of our birth. But nevertheless we expect... ...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.

Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their character, and have only a moderate share of external goods, than among those who possess... ...

To die, and thus avoid poverty or love, or anything painful, is not the part of a brave man, but rather of a coward; for it is cowardice to avoid trouble, and the suicide does not undergo death because it... ...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

We become fair by acting fairly, moderate by acting moderately, and brave by acting bravely.

Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most swayed and in which they show absence of control...They are changeable and fickle in their desires... ...

PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.