Adolph Freiherr Knigge Quotes

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In cities people think that it is good manners not even to know who lives in the same building.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
Respect yourself, if you want others to respect you.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
For a person of understanding, interacting with children is endlessly interesting. Here one sees the book of nature thrown open, stripped of artificiality.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
One should never forget, that society would rather be amused than instructed.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
No bonds last longer than those made in early youth. At that age one is less mistrustful and less troubled by trifles.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
Learn to bear criticism. Do not be childishly biased by your own opinions.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
One of the most important virtues in social life, a virtue that is becoming less common by the day, is discretion.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
Learn to take on the tone of whatever company you find yourself in.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
Without inspiration, which fills the soul with a healthy warmth, nothing great can ever be brought to pass.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
Do not be too much a slave of others' opinions of you! Be self-sufficient! Why, in the end, does the opinion of the whole world trouble you, if you do what you should?

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
Whoever lives continually in a state of dissipation and distraction, becomes a stranger in his own heart.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
Act well and properly, less to please others, more to keep your own self-respect.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
When you are alone, never let your clothing fall into disarray. Do not allow yourself to be dirty, have poor posture, or have rude manners when no one is observing you.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge
People far too easily neglect or abuse us, as soon as we become intimate with them. To live pleasantly, one must almost always remain a stranger in the crowd.

Adolph Freiherr Knigge