Friend Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

The horse-laugh indicates brutality of character.

— 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

Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility; for all that is celestial, all genius, is…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

“Si quieres ser sabio, aprende a interrogar razonablemente, a escuchar con atención, a responder serenamente y a callar cuando no tengas nada que decir.”

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Who affects useless singularities has surely a little mind.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Who will sacrifice nothing, and enjoy all, is a fool.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater