A Quote by Georg C. Lichtenberg

Nothing reveals a man's character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Better Character Joke Kind Man Nothing Offense Reveals Takes Than Which

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Georg C. Lichtenberg
German - Scientist
July 1, 1742 - February 24, 1799

There is no kind obondage which life lays upon us that may not yield both sweetness and strength; and nothing reveals a man's character more fully than the spirit in which he bears his limitations.

Hamilton Wright Mabie

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.

Simonides of Ceos

He who takes offense when offense was not intended is a fool, yet he who takes offense when offense is intended is an even greater fool for he has succumbed to the will of his adversary.

Brigham Young

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

John Stuart Mill

Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.

Terry Goodkind

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.

Aristotle

All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has changed. That's kind of sad. If David was doing better than he used to be, then that would be different. But it was a joke and he made it that way.

Sammy Hagar

Refusal to forgive reveals we have minimized our offense against God and we have maximized a brother's offense against us.

Alistair Begg

Nothing reveals character more than self-sacrifice. So the highest knowledge we have of God is through the gift of His Son.

William Torrey Harris

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

Dan Quayle

Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth.

H. P. Lovecraft

With the type of actor I am, which includes really diving into a role and making it as real as possible, there's nothing better than working in a real environment on location. It forces you to feel what the character's feeling, and it allows you to live in the space of the character.

Michael Eklund

Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.

Dane Cook

For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than #? agriculture

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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