“To be capable of respect is, in these days, almost as rare as to be worthy of it.”
“It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.”
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Swedish chemist, innovator, and armaments manufacturer 1833–1896Related quotes
Letter to André Gide (February 10, 1935).
“A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul”
An introduction to this book
The Religion of God (2000)
Canto V, stanza 10.
The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
Federalist No. 62 http://www.friesian.com/fiction.htm
1780s, Federalist Papers (1787–1788)