Charles G. Dawes (Charles Gates Dawes) Quotes

How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.

Charles G. Dawes

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• How majestic is naturalness. I have never met a man whom I really considered a great man who was not always natural and simple. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.

  

  Charles G. Dawes
  • Simple
  • Natural
  • Affection