Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann KasparLavaterwas a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth15 November 1741
CountryGermany
adventure destiny past
Who recollects distinctly his past adventures, knows his destiny to come.
desire criminals ignoble
The more unharmonious and inconsistent your objects of desire, the more inconsequent, inconstant, unquiet, the more ignoble, idiotical, and criminal yourself.
passion partners great-passion
A great passion has no partner.
stars night
The humblest star twinkles most in the darkest night.
passion murder blasphemy
The most stormy ebullitions of passion, from blasphemy to murder, are less terrific than one single act of cool villainy.
horse laughter character
The horse-laugh indicates brutality of character.
laughter laughing
The immoderate cannot laugh moderately.
children passion desire
A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire.
running wish energy
Wishes run over in loquacious impotence, will presses on with laconic energy.
two hypocrisy individuality
Trust him with none of thy individualities who is, or pretends to be, two things at once.
men hatred hatred-and-love
As man's love or hatred, so he. Love and hatred exist only personified.
lying temptation sacred
Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue.
mean self existence
Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves.
men assuming language
Whenever a man undergoes a considerable change, in consequence of being observed by others, whenever he assumes another gait, another language, than what he had before he thought himself observed, be advised to guard yourself against him.