Henry Martyn Dexter Quotes

DEXTER, Henry Martyn Quotes

(1821-1890), American clergyman

Character

The best characters are made by vigorous and persistent resistance to evil tendencies; whose amiability has been built upon the ruins of ill-temper, and whose generosity springs from an over­mastered and transformed selfishness. Such a character, built up in the presence of enemies, has far more attraction than one which is natively pleasing.