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Famous Quotes Home >> Authors Starting with J >> Quotes By Johann Georg von Zimmermann |
| Quote #1: | "Do not think that your Learning and Genius, your Wit or Sprightliness, are welcome everywhere. I was once told that my Company was disagreeable because I appeared so uncommonly happy." |
| Quote #2: | "Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great." |
| Quote #3: | "Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement." |
| Quote #4: | "Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth." |
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