"Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others."

Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian

Friendship, Friend, Act, Man, Will

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"Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others."

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