Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799
was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Helen (Adams) Keller, 1880-1968
was an US blind and deaf educator
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Menander, 342 BC-292 BC
was a Greek comic dramatist
The character of a man is known from his conversations.
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
was an US (German-born) physicist
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.