What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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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;...

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

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.

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has...

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has...

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

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.

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...

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...

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.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of...

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of...

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...

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.

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

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do...

Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do...

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps...

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps...