Zitate von Johann Kaspar Lavater

„Sei, was du bist!“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

Brüderliche Schreiben an verschiedene Jünglinge

„Wie dein Leiden sich mehrt, so mehrt sich die Kraft, es zu tragen.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

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

„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

„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

„The public seldom forgive twice.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 595
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

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

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 449
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

„Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

As quoted in What Billingsgate Thought: A Country Gentleman's Views on Snobbery (1919) by William Alexander Newman Dorland

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

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 157
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

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

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 260
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

„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
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

„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
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

„He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 302
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

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

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 4

„Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 23
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

„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
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

„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
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

„Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 398
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)

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

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 282
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)