Johann Kaspar
Johann Kaspar
bear generally great merely virtues
The merely just can generally bear great virtues as little as great vices.
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
passion partners great-passion
A great passion has no partner.
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.
greatness laughing mirth
He who, in questions of right, virtue, or duty, sets himself above all ridicule, is truly great, and shall laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at.
real character greatness
Copiousness and simplicity, variety and unity, constitute real greatness of character.
grief joy greater
He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs
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
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
acute alone observe observed
He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed
doe calm belief
All belief that does not make us more happy, more free, more loving, more active, more calm, is, I fear, a mistaken and superstitious belief.