Native Character Set

Famous quotes containing the words native, character and/or set:

    “Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
    And thus the native hue of resolution
    Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
    And enterprises of great pith and moment
    With this regard their currents turn awry,
    And lose the name of action.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Pity the man who has a character to support—it is worse than a large family—he is silent poor indeed.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Do I terrify?—

    The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
    The sour breath
    Will vanish in a day.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)