He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and...

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and...

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious,...

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious,...

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a...

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a...

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many...

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who...

Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who...

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise;...

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise;...

He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs

He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can...

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can...

Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than...

Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than...

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Even when we did win, we were using a rifle against a club It's our...

Even when we did win, we were using a rifle against a club It's our...