“Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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“Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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“He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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“You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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“Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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“Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Knowledge
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“Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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“The public seldom forgive twice.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Pride
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“He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Passion
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“Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Opportunity
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“The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Morality
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“There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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“Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Learning
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“Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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“Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Laughter
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“The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Jealousy
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“Intuition is the clear concept of the whole at once.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Intuition
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“Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General