Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

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 countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivac. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

The worst of faces still is human. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

The public seldom forgive twice. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

The merely just can generally bear great virtues as little as great vices. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

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