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Character

(noun) A being involved in the action of a story.

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"Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion."
— Aristotle
"She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad."
— Marilyn Monroe
"Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?"
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Who you are will show in what you do."
— Thomas Jefferson
"If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader."
— Rumi
"Dreams are the touchstones of our characters."
— Henry David Thoreau
"People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence"
— Abraham Lincoln
"A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others."
— Marcus Aurelius
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