All Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes
- He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others. Action
- The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too; most of the weak are false. Commonly
- 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? Ask
- Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. Genius
- There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride; some soften the… Announce
- Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence. Air
- Conscience is the sentinel of virtue. Conscience
- He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble. Humble
- Where pride begins, love ceases. Begins
- I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who… Accustomed
- Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies. Daring
- Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once. Clear
- What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought… Ask
- He who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may set up a… Enumerates
- The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. Affects
- Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward… Act
- The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart. Bad
- He who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to duty approaches sublimity. All
- Conscience is wiser than science. Conscience
- Defeat serves to enlighten us. Defeat
- Take here the grand secret; if not of pleasing all, yet of displeasing none, and court mediocrity, avoid originality, and sacrifice to fashion. All
- There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. Class
- God protects those he loves from worthless reading. From
- The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven. Always Generous
- Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. Closet
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