Характер - это каков ты наедине с собой

См. вот такую цитату:
"# Reputation is what you are in the light; Character is what you are in the dark. "
http://www.betatesters.com/penn/wisdom02.htm

Здесь четко противопоставляется публичный образ человека и внутренний стержень. Правда, авторство афоризма в этом источнике не указывается.

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-11-08 11:58:32 GMT) Post-grading
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"Точно"??? Не уверена.

Вот подтверждения другой точки зрения из других источников.

"1. The difference between image and character. I've repeatedly heard people voice their utter amazement that "a man like O. J. Simpson" could be involved in such a thing. But what makes us think we know people just because we see them on TV? Image is what you are on a football field, in a movie, and in Hertz commercials. ***Character is what you are in the dark, when no one but God is looking***."
http://www.epm.org/articles/simpson.html



"***Character, we’ve been told, is what you are in the dark, when no one’s looking.***

The test of character, by this definition, lies in how you behave when public approval and overt reward are stripped away. When you can get away with anything — because nothing’s at stake except your own conscience — what do you do?"
http://www.bridges4kids.org/articles/9-02/CC9-02.html