All Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Quotes
- There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect Affection
- Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which… Acquired
- When ill news comes too late to be serviceable to your neighbor, keep it to yourself. Ill
- Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth. Any
- Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money. Balance
- Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart. Determine
- Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little,… Become Little
- Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors. Actor
- A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse. Better
- Gambling houses are temples where the most sordid and turbulent passions contend; there no spectator can be indifferent. A card or a small square of… Card
- By fools, knaves fatten; by bigots, priests are well clothed; every knave finds a gull. Bigots
- The necessities that exist are in general created by the superfluities that are enjoyed. Created
- Silence is a trick when it imposes. Pedants and scholars, churchmen and physicians, abound in silent pride. Abound
- Silence is the safest response for all the contradiction that arises from impertinence, vulgarity, or envy. All
- Idlers cannot even find time to be idle, or the industrious to be at leisure. We must always be doing or suffering Action
- The weak may be joked out of anything but their weakness. Inspirational