Three things characterize man: person, fate, merit--the harmony of these constitutes real grandeur. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Fate 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 Art Copy Share Image
What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Capable Copy Share Image
The enemy of art is the enemy of nature; art is nothing but the highest sagacity and exertion of human nature; and… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Art Copy Share Image
Decided ends are sure signs of a decided character. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Character Copy Share Image
Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety; regular, yet… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Anxiety Copy Share Image
He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs — Johann Kaspar Lavater Death Copy Share Image
Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Character Copy Share Image
Avoid the eye that discovers with rapidity the bad, and is slow to see the good. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Eye Copy Share Image
Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Communication Copy Share Image
The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Air Copy Share Image
To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Acknowledgement Copy Share Image
True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Calm Copy Share Image
A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape; it embellishes an inferior face and redeems… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Beautiful Copy Share Image
Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Humble Copy Share Image
Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Enjoyment 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 Behinds 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 Discovery Copy Share Image
The more uniform a man's voice, step, manner of conversation, handwriting--the more quiet, uniform, settled, his actions, his character. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Action Copy Share Image
He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Heart Copy Share Image
There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Men Copy Share Image
He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Cancer Copy Share Image
