Quote #32
You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.
More from Johann Kaspar Lavater
- Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
- Too much gravity argues a shallow mind.
- There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
- The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and m…
- The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.
- The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
- The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
- Stubborness is the strength of the weak.