Johann Kaspar Lavater citáty

„Nikdy si nenamlouvejte, že někoho dobře znáte, pokud jste se s ním nedělili o dědictví.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

„Opravdové přátele rozdělí jenom smrt, nikoliv osud.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

„Přiznání, že jsem se mýlil, je doznání toho, že dnes jsem chytřejší, než jsem byl včera.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

„Nesvěřujte svá tajemství tomu, kdo se přehrabuje vašimi dokumenty, když zůstane sám ve vašem pokoji.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

„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)

„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.

„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)

„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

„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)

„The public seldom forgive twice.“

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 595
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

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

—  Johann Kaspar Lavater

No. 305
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)