Depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.
Attributed quotes — Johann Kaspar Lavater
1741–1801 Switzerland
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Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Genius always gives its best at first, prudence at last.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
He who always prefaces his tale with laughter is poised between impertinence and folly.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
She neglects her heart who studies her glass.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
There are but three classes of men, the retrograde, the stationary, and the progressive.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
True love, like the eye, can bear no flaw.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Weaknesses, so called, are nothing more nor less than vice in disguise!
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Who affects useless singularities has surely a little mind.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Johann Kaspar Lavater (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.