Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann KasparLavaterwas a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth15 November 1741
CountryGermany
fearless gold size
Thinkers are scarce as gold; but he whose thoughts embrace all his subject, and who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is a diamond of enormous size.
dresses
Dress is an index of your contents.
judgment insincerity malice
The smiles that encourage severity of judgment hide malice and insincerity.
heartless sneer
A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.
arbitrary habit masters
Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.
humble pride may
He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
vigor genius talent
Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.
misery folly cease
Where consequence ceases, there folly, restlessness and misery begin.
inheritance knows divided
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
calmness grandeur
Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur.
acquisition acquaintance one-thing
The acquisition of will, for one thing exclusively, presupposes entire acquaintance with many others.
humble anxiety secret
Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety; regular, yet not formal; mild, yet not timid; firm, yet not tyrannical--is made to pass the ordeal of honor, friendship, virtue.
levity produce malice
Indiscretion, rashness, falsehood, levity, and malice, produce each other.
cruelty hardy
The cruelty of the effeminate is more dreadful than that or the hardy.