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He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

We are so very ‘umble.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.