Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann KasparLavaterwas a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth15 November 1741
CountryGermany
wise wisdom knows
Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.
laughter tales folly
He who always prefaces his tale with laughter, is poised between impertinence and folly.
fashion long extremes
Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it; nor at any time in the extremes of it.
wings action
Words are the wings of actions.
women sensibility
Sensibility is the power of woman.
wisdom mind repose
Wisdom is the repose of the mind.
greatness action common
He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.
vanity together rudeness
Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.
heart vanity glasses
She neglects her heart who too closely studies her glass.
men done fellow-man
Have I done aught of value to my fellow-men? Then have I done much for myself.
happiness art truth
Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught, when convicted of his error; and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces the truth, though with the sacrifice of favorite opinions.
men expression want
Learn the value of a man's words and expressions, and you know him. Each man has a measure of his own for everything; this he offers you inadvertently in his words. He who has a superlative for everything wants a measure for the great or small.
intelligent eyebrows lips
Many very intelligent agreeable persons have warts on the forehead, not brown, nor very large, between the eyebrows, which have nothing in them offensive or disgusting. - But a large brown wart on the upper lip, especially when it is bristly, will be found in no person who is not defective in something essential, or at least remarkable for some conspicuous failing.
character calmness persons
Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.