Zitate von Johann Georg Zimmermann
Johann Georg Zimmermann
Geburtstag: 8. Dezember 1728
Todesdatum: 7. Oktober 1795
Johann Georg Zimmermann war ein Schweizer Arzt, Gelehrter, Philosoph und Schriftsteller, der seit 1768 in Hannover wirkte.
Zitate Johann Georg Zimmermann
„The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie;“
— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
As quoted in Aphorisms and Reflections on Men, Morals, and Things, 1800, p. 4. http://books.google.com/books?id=vFJFAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=ZtdzIH54NC&dq=inauthor%3Ajohann%20inauthor%3Azimmermann%20%22the%20more%20you%20speak%20of%20yourself%22&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=inauthor:johann%20inauthor:zimmermann%20%22the%20more%20you%20speak%20of%20yourself%22&f=false|
Kontext: The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie; say but little, 'twill scarcely gain belief; so strong are partiality and envy.