Johann Kaspar
Johann Kaspar
character looks may
Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
nature has-beens pretension
Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends.
poverty ridiculous rich
All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich
believe mean use
He who attempts to make others believe in means which he himself despises is a puffer; he who makes use of more means than he knows to be necessary is a quack; and he who ascribes to those means a greater efficacy than his own experience warrants is an impostor.
expression opposites tablets
True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is nature's tablet, the truth is certainly written thereon.
real hatred causes
Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause
grief joy greater
He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs
giving humanity favors
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.
men enemy good-man
You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.
forgiving society
The public seldom forgive twice.
country men citizenship
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.
time stupid hero
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
wise men errors
He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.
jealousy time mad
The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.