Action Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

“would sometimes say, that if life were made what it might be, by good government and good education, it would be worth having: but…

— Christopher Hitchens

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all…

— Anonymous

He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others;…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

— Thomas a Kempis

“One that has well digested his knowledge both of books and men, has little enjoyment but in the company of a few select companions.…

— David Hume

Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that…

— Andre Gide

Whoever desires, for his writings or himself, what none can reasonably contemn, the favour of mankind, must add grace to strength, and make his…

— Samuel Johnson

“To be distinguished for elegance and accomplishments—the authorised object of their youth—could have had no useful influence that way, no moral effect on the…

— Jane Austen

“The man who can be contented to live with a pretty and useful companion who has no mind has lost in voluptuous gratifications a…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a…

— Francis Bacon

A man of refined taste and judgment.

— Horace