Johann Kaspar
Johann Kaspar
action actions finds good incapable others pleasure truly
He is incapable of a truly good action that finds not a pleasure in contemplating the actions of others
action actions finds good incapable pleasure truly
He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
appreciation action pleasure
He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
greatness action common
He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.
decision action poor
It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, mien, inventions and actions of others.
lying incentives action
The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.
order taste action
He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.
books god man none quest stars turn
Let none turn over books or scan the stars in quest of God who see Him not in man
divided man until
Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.
crowd himself public reforming reforms toward
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
enemy forgiven life sublime tasted
He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life
bear generally great merely virtues
The merely just can generally bear great virtues as little as great vices.
acute alone observe observed
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed
comprehend elaborate great hand men minds ordinary pressure
Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than ordinary men in long conversations, or the most elaborate correspondence