Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Fool Copy Share Image
Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Anger Copy Share Image
He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Communication Copy Share Image
Who affects useless singularities has surely a little mind. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Little minds Copy Share Image
Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Evil Copy Share Image
He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party man. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Business 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
Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Curiosity Copy Share Image
When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Nothing is so pregnant as cruelty; so multifarious, so rapid, so ever teeming a mother is unknown to the animal kingdom; each… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Animal 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
He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without… — Johann Kaspar Lavater 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
Learn the value of a man's words and expressions, and you know him. Each man has a measure of his own for… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Expression Copy Share Image
He who comes from the kitchen, smells of its smoke; and he who adheres to a sect, has something of its cant;… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Whenever a man undergoes a considerable change, in consequence of being observed by others, whenever he assumes another gait, another language, than… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
