Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann KasparLavaterwas a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth15 November 1741
CountryGermany
hypocrite passion honest
He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware.
wise blood silence
Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.
inspire mind superstitions
Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities.
beautiful mean humility
What is the elevation of the soul? A prompt, delicate, certain feeling for all that is beautiful, all that is grand; a quick resolution to do the greatest good by the smallest means; a great benevolence joined to a great strength and great humility.
character softness
Softness of smile indicates softness of character.
beautiful female ugly
A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape; it embellishes an inferior face and redeems an ugly one.
ears mouths slander
Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another. If thou receivest not his words, they fly back and wound the reporter. If thou dost receive them, they fly forward and wound the receiver.
men sin minutes
Every man has his devilish minutes.
true-friend good-love simple
The true friend of truth and good loves them under all forms, but he loves them most under the most simple form.
heart keys silence
He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts.
love simple rose
When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.
years three hours
Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.
friendship cheating-men cheat
He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.
order taste action
He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.