More from Johann Kaspar Lavater

  1. Too much gravity argues a shallow mind.
  2. You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.
  3. There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
  4. The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and m…
  5. The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.
  6. The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
  7. The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
  8. Stubborness is the strength of the weak.

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