Author: Johann Kaspar Lavater

Quotes

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

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

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

- 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

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

The public seldom forgive twice.

The public seldom forgive twice.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

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