Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Jealousy, Time, Jealous

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Good, Evil, Person

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Friend, Him, Others

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Character, May, Words

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Passion, Through, Himself

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Whole, Once, Intuition

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Hero, Calm, Word

Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Him, Until, Divided

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Men, Three, Classes

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Conscience, Virtue

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

Yourself, Evil, Someone

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Heart, Seen, Warm

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Love, Enemy, Cannot

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.
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

Faith, Humanity, Giving

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Time, Him, Down

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Society, Wish, Taught

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Love, Friendship, Same

Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Him, Another, Divided

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Time, Great, God

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

Great, Hero, Makes

The public seldom forgive twice.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Forgive, Public, Twice

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Trust, Alone, Him

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.
Johann Kaspar Lavater

Country, Friends, Often

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

Time, Same, Others

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Theologian

Born: November 15, 1741

Died: January 2, 1801

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