Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The greatest of characters, no doubt, would be he, who, free of all trifling accidental helps, could see objects through one grand… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The smiles that encourage severity of judgment hide malice and insincerity. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
An entirely honest man, in the severe sense of the word, exists no more than an entirely dishonest knave: the best and… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Truth, wisdom, love, seek reasons; malice only seeks causes. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The man who loves with his whole heart truth will love still more he who suffers for truth. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom. - Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The true friend of truth and good loves them under all forms, but he loves them most under the most simple form. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Habit is altogether too arbitrary a master for me to submit to. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
