Johann Kaspar Lavater

Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Poet · Swiss · 1741–1801

Swiss poet (1741–1801)

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“The prudent sees only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both, diminishes those, makes these preponderate, and conquers.”
— 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

“Trust not him with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.”
— Johann Kaspar Lavater

“A woman whose ruling passion is not vanity, is superior to any man of equal faculties.”
— Johann Kaspar Lavater

“Trust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least of all who is indifferent about all.”
— Johann Kaspar Lavater

“You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.”
— Johann Kaspar Lavater