45 Quotations by Johann Kaspar Lavater
- 21. I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, an ...
- 22. If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.
- 23. If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know ...
- 24. Intuition is the clear concept of the whole at once.
- 25. It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, inventions and actions of others.
- 26. Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.
- 27. Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrus ...
- 28. Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, ...
- 29. Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.
- 30. Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.
- 31. The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
- 32. The great rule of moral conduct is, next to God, to respect Time.
- 33. The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.
- 34. The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero ...
- 35. The public seldom forgive twice.
- 36. There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetn ...
- 37. There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
- 38. To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.
- 39. Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
- 40. Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.
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