Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Johann KasparLavaterwas a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth15 November 1741
CountryGermany
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.
hero men genius
Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility; for all that is celestial, all genius, is the offspring of immortality.
genius proportion vulgar
The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.
communication genius charity
No communication or gift can exhaust genius or impoverish charity.
forever unity genius
True genius repeats itself forever, and never repeats itself--one ever varied sense beams novelty and unity on all.
opportunity genius use
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
doe calm belief
All belief that does not make us more happy, more free, more loving, more active, more calm, is, I fear, a mistaken and superstitious belief.
friendship cheating-men cheat
He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.
fit himself suffers
He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
men
There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
finds mistrust
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.
action actions finds good incapable pleasure truly
He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
yesterday today realizing
To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.
stars night
The humblest star twinkles most in the darkest night.