Zitate von Johann Kaspar Lavater

2 1

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Geburtstag: 15. November 1741
Todesdatum: 2. Januar 1801

Johann Caspar Lavater war ein reformierter Pfarrer, Philosoph und Schriftsteller aus der Schweiz in der Zeit der Aufklärung.

Zitate Johann Kaspar Lavater

„Siehe zuerst, was du bist und was du hast und was du kannst und weißt, ehe du bedenkst, was du nicht bist, nicht hast, nicht weißt und nicht kannst.“

— Johann Kaspar Lavater
J. C. Lavater's Physiognomik: Zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntniß und Menschenliebe. Erster Band. Wien 1829. S. 96 Google Books, zitiert von Susanne Breit-Keßler in Chrismon 01.2008, S.50, chrismon. de

Über Liebe, über ehe

„Sei, was du bist!“

— Johann Kaspar Lavater
Brüderliche Schreiben an verschiedene Jünglinge

„Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed:“

— Johann Kaspar Lavater
Context: Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed: nature never pretends. As quoted in Mental Recreation; or, Select Maxims (1831), p. 234

„Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him.“

— Johann Kaspar Lavater
No. 157

„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
No. 84

„Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?“

— Johann Kaspar Lavater
No. 260

„If you mean to know yourself, interline such of these aphorisms as affect you agreeably in reading, and set a mark to such as left a sense of uneasiness with you; and then show your copy to whom you please.“

— Johann Kaspar Lavater
No. 643

„The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.“

— Johann Kaspar Lavater
As quoted in Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1862) edited by Henry Southgate, p. 290

„The public seldom forgive twice.“

— Johann Kaspar Lavater
No. 595

„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
No. 583

„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
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 246

„Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride; the phlegmatic emerged from indolence; and the melancholy who has dismissed avarice, suspicion and asperity.“

— Johann Kaspar Lavater
No. 609

Die heutige Jubiläen

Max Frisch42

Schweizer Architekt und Schriftsteller

Max Stirner32

deutscher Philosoph

Zitate von Johann Kaspar Lavater

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Zitate Johann Kaspar Lavater

„Siehe zuerst, was du bist und was du hast und was du kannst und weißt, ehe du bedenkst, was du nicht bist, nicht hast, nicht weißt und nicht kannst.“

„Sei, was du bist!“

„Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed:“

„Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him.“

„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.“

„Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?“

„If you mean to know yourself, interline such of these aphorisms as affect you agreeably in reading, and set a mark to such as left a sense of uneasiness with you; and then show your copy to whom you please.“

„The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.“

„The public seldom forgive twice.“

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

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

„Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity.“

„Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.“

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

„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.“

„Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride; the phlegmatic emerged from indolence; and the melancholy who has dismissed avarice, suspicion and asperity.“

Die heutige Jubiläen

Paul Sethe3

Max Raabe4

Theodor Heuss9

Douglas Fairbanks sen.1

Ähnliche Autoren

Friedrich Dürrenmatt28

Norman Vincent Peale6

Henry David Thoreau53

August Julius Langbehn8

Gottfried Keller21

Max Frisch42

Robert Walser5

Albert Hofmann11

Erich Maria Remarque34

Max Stirner32