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Men Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater
- What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought…
- The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.
- Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward…
- There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
- You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.
- He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of…
- Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.
- Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
- The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more…
- He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party man.
- You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that…
- Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
- Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than ordinary men in long conversations, or the most elaborate correspondence
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