The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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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...

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see...

Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

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...

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my...

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my...

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,...

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

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...

Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.

Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

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

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

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

He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the...

He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the...

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.

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed

He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed

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

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

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...

The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for...