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

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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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.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

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...

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He...

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

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...

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.

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;...

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...

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

I hate cynicism a great deal worse than I do the devil; unless perhaps the...

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I...

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I...

Know this: though love is weak and hate is strong, Yet hate is short, and...

Know this: though love is weak and hate is strong, Yet hate is short, and...