Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann KasparLavaterwas a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth15 November 1741
CountryGermany
honesty delay today
He who prorogues the honesty of today till to-morrow will probably prorogue his to-morrows to eternity.
men ideas desire
Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.
trust
Women are proverbially credulous.
world matter immensity
Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium.
looks shelter common
Evasions are the common shelter of the hard-hearted, the false and impotent when called upon to assist; the really great alone plan instantaneous help, even when their looks or words presage difficulties.
forgiveness distance forgiving
Receive no satisfaction for premeditated impertinence; forget it, forgive it, but keep him inexorably at a distance who offered it.
inspire mind superstitions
Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities.
silence speech values
Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.
delicacy elegance produce
Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.
enjoy enjoyment vigorous
The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself,--the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.
degrees egotism
Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.
fashion tailors fool
A fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.
envy perfection faults
Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
love differences order
Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.