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Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "No communication or gift can exhaust genius or impoverish charity."

No communication or gift can exhaust genius or impoverish charity.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who values gold above all, considers all else as trifling."

Who values gold above all, considers all else as trifling.




Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them."

Beware of biting jests; the more truth they carry with them, the greater wounds they give, the greater smarts they cause, and the greater scars they leave behind them.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause"

Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause




Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "And still, laughter is akin to weeping."

And still, laughter is akin to weeping.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "There is a manner of forgiveness so divine that you are ready to embrace the offender for having called it forth."

There is a manner of forgiveness so divine that you are ready to embrace the offender for having called it forth.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves."

Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves.




Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Trust him with none of thy individualities who is, or pretends to be, two things at once."

Trust him with none of thy individualities who is, or pretends to be, two things at once.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue."

Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world."

Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise."

Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions."

Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions.




Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who trades in contradictions will not be contradicted."

Who trades in contradictions will not be contradicted.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle."

Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "As you treat your body, so your house, your domestics, your enemies, your friends - Dress is a table of your contents."

As you treat your body, so your house, your domestics, your enemies, your friends - Dress is a table of your contents.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself."

Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Words are the wings of actions."

Words are the wings of actions.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "The horse-laugh indicates brutality of character."

The horse-laugh indicates brutality of character.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own."

He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person."

Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Do not believe that a book is good, if in reading it thou dost not become more contented with thy existence, if it does not rouse up in thee most generous feelings."

Do not believe that a book is good, if in reading it thou dost not become more contented with thy existence, if it does not rouse up in thee most generous feelings.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Dread more the blunderer's friendship than the calumniator's enmity."

Dread more the blunderer's friendship than the calumniator's enmity.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "God protects those he loves from worthless reading."

God protects those he loves from worthless reading.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "True genius repeats itself forever, and never repeats itself--one ever varied sense beams novelty and unity on all."

True genius repeats itself forever, and never repeats itself--one ever varied sense beams novelty and unity on all.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Humility with energy is often mistaken for pride."

Humility with energy is often mistaken for pride.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools."

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



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening and speaking is the base of social virtues."

Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening and speaking is the base of social virtues.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "The more unharmonious and inconsistent your objects of desire, the more inconsequent, inconstant, unquiet, the more ignoble, idiotical, and criminal yourself."

The more unharmonious and inconsistent your objects of desire, the more inconsequent, inconstant, unquiet, the more ignoble, idiotical, and criminal yourself.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who will sacrifice nothing, and enjoy all, is a fool."

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



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "The immoderate cannot laugh moderately."

The immoderate cannot laugh moderately.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who gives is positive; who receives is negative; still there remains an immense class of mere passives."

Who gives is positive; who receives is negative; still there remains an immense class of mere passives.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money."

The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds."

There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "The loss of taste for what is right is loss of all right taste."

The loss of taste for what is right is loss of all right taste.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Happy the heart to whom God has given enough strength and courage to suffer for Him, to find happiness in simplicity and the happiness of others."

Happy the heart to whom God has given enough strength and courage to suffer for Him, to find happiness in simplicity and the happiness of others.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Loudness is impotence."

Loudness is impotence.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all."

Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "The freer you feel yourself in the presence of another, the more free is he..."

The freer you feel yourself in the presence of another, the more free is he...



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire."

A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Take here the grand secret; if not of pleasing all, yet of displeasing none, and court mediocrity, avoid originality, and sacrifice to fashion."

Take here the grand secret; if not of pleasing all, yet of displeasing none, and court mediocrity, avoid originality, and sacrifice to fashion.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Who is fatal to others is so to himself."

Who is fatal to others is so to himself.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you."

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "The man who loves with his whole heart truth will love still more he who suffers for truth."

The man who loves with his whole heart truth will love still more he who suffers for truth.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, mien, inventions and actions of others."

It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, mien, inventions and actions of others.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek."

When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Conscience is wiser than science."

Conscience is wiser than science.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts."

He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "Thinkers are as scarce as gold."

Thinkers are as scarce as gold.



Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes: "All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich"

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich