#reveals

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self. ↗

— Barbara Walters

#dropping #his #like #moments #mood

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self. ↗

— Jean-Luc Godard

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Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other. ↗

— Edward Hall

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Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it. ↗

— Heraclitus

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The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#colonial #exemplified #grid #largely #material

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. ↗

— Horace

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This kind of charge reveals a good deal about the personality of the people who make it; to impute such motives to another man is to imply you're harboring them yourself. ↗

— Jim Garrison

#another #another man #charge #deal #good

One of the things I love about acting is that it reveals a certain something about yourself, but it doesn't reveal your own personal story. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#acting #certain #i #i love #love

By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans' services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#critical #cutting #domestic #education #environmental