Quotes of Johann Kaspar Lavater - somelinesforyou

“ The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ 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. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ May God preserve those he loves from profitless reading. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ May God preserve those he loves from profitless reading. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ The great rule of moral conduct is, next to God, to respect Time. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done, is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ 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. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it? ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?'. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Too much gravity argues a shallow mind. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ The great rule of moral conduct is, next to God, to respect Time. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

“ The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart. ”

- Johann Kaspar Lavater
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