What did Johann Kaspar Lavater mean by: If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic. Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland Copy
+ Who begins with severity, in judging of another, ends commonly with falsehood. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Consequences, Judgment, Truth, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Dread more the blunderer’s friendship than the calumniator’s enmity. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Caution, Enmity, Friendship, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Three things characterize man: person, fate, merit–the harmony of these constitutes real grandeur. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Fate, Merit, Person, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ He scatters enjoyment who can enjoy much. Author, June 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Abundance, Happiness, Pleasure, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Defeat serves to enlighten us. Author, November 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Adversity, Growth, Reflection, 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
+ Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence. Author, October 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Confidence, Egotism, Measure, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ The immoderate cannot laugh moderately. Author, October 13, 2023January 2, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Excess, Laughter, Moderation, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
They were snobs or idiots or both…yet she was inexplicably crushed by their coldness. Jennifer Egan Novelist · USA
Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics. William J. Brennan Judge · USA
Fanatics are defined by their hatreds; free people by their humanity. William J. Clinton Politician · USA
