One must remember the source of these musings. I'm not sure I'd take the airy ramblings of Elves to be particularly authoritative so far as Dwarves are concerned.
One also has to remember that probably the most vivid memory that Celeborn and Galadriel possess of Dwarves is their aggressive effort to reduce the Elven infestation of Menegroth. An experience such as this is bound to color one's opinions. Their subjects will likely follow their lead.
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Perhaps any dwarf would have behave as well under the benevolence of Galadriel? I don't think so.
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Perhaps not. However, I hardly think that just saying this proves much about Dwarven character in general. As I pointed out earlier, the Dwarves whose personalities are developed beyond just a sketch seem to be pretty nice folk.
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This Dwarf was the son of Glóin, one of the company who had the friendship of the Wizard and the Hobbit, who had learned valuable life lessons through his part of the adventure of recapturing the Lonely Mountain; it is reasonable to suppose that he passed his wisdom and good heartedness onto his son Gimli.
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Maybe. On the other hand, Gimli was 61-62 at that time. I imagine that the general tone of even a Dwarf's personality would be pretty much set by that point.