Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for...

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for...

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

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.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from...

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from...

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...

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

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;...

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...

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over...

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over...

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing;...

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing;...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps...

Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps...

Faith is a passionate intuition.

Faith is a passionate intuition.