What did Johann Kaspar Lavater mean by: He who always prefaces his tale with laughter, is poised between impertinence and folly. Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland Copy
+ The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Forgiveness, Generosity, Transformation, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ 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
+ Trust him with none of thy individualities who is, or pretends to be, two things at once. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Authenticity, Integrity, Trust, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Good-humor is always a success. Author, June 8, 2023December 25, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Attitude, Positivity, Success, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Betrayal, Privacy, Trust, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Jealousy, Possession, Spirituality, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Who despises all that is despicable is made to be impressed with all that is grand. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Despise, Grandeur, 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
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France