Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

Si quieres ser sabio, aprende a interrogar razonablemente, a escuchar con atención, a responder serenamente y a callar cuando no tengas nada que decir.

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

May God preserve those he loves from profitless reading.

Mistrust the man who finds everything good; the man who find everything evil; and more the man who is indifferent to everything.

Who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God.

About Fuseli: "...the most original genius I know. Nothing but energy, profusion and calm! The wildness of the warrior—and the feeling of supreme sublimity! … His spirits are storm wind, his ministers flames of fire! He goes upon the wings of the wind. His laughter is the mockery of hell and his love—a deadly lightning-flash.

In nothing do we lay ourselves so open as in our manner of meeting and salutation. —JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER