63 ordspråk av Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur
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He is incapable of a truly good action that finds not a pleasure in contemplating the actions of others
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He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party-man
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He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion
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He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs
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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions
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He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life
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He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God
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He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God
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He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
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He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
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He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero
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He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.
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Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.
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I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.
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