What did Johann Kaspar Lavater mean by: Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools. - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland Copy
+ Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Divided, Inheritance, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Book, God, Stars, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Calm, Character, Persons, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle. Feraz Zeid, October 11, 2023December 26, 2023, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Trifles, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ The cruelty of the effeminate is more dreadful than that or the hardy. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Cruelty, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Friendship, Lost, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ He who always prefaces his tale with laughter, is poised between impertinence and folly. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Folly, Laughter, Tales, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece
