Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann KasparLavaterwas a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth15 November 1741
CountryGermany
cancer heart innocent
He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart.
men religion physicians
Man without religion is a diseased creature, who would persuade himself he is well and needs not a physician; but woman without religion is raging and monstrous.
philosophy calm patient
True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment.
men invisible relation
What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?
lying incentives action
The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.
humble say-anything would-be
Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.
mediocrity half talent
Half talent is no talent.
venom malice
Malice is poisoned by her own venom.
laughter stills weeping
And still, laughter is akin to weeping.
grief character joy
Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.
smart giving biting
Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.
running curiosity three
Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest Him.
dresses
Dress is an index of your contents.
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.