Author: Johann Kaspar Lavater

Quotes

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

The public seldom forgive twice.

The public seldom forgive twice.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

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