What did Johann Kaspar Lavater mean by: Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves. Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland Copy
+ Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Contrast, Happiness, Loneliness, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Illness, Innocence, Pleasure, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Progressive, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Criticism, Perfection, Satisfaction, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ The cruelty of the effeminate is more dreadful than that or the hardy. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Cruelty, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Courage, Cowardice, Safety, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together. Author, September 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Contrast, Rudeness, Vanity, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Communication, Silence, Understanding, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
Picasso said that everything is a miracle, that it’s a miracle that we don’t dissolve in our baths. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user. William Morris Designer · England
Children have neither past nor future;they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
