What did Johann Kaspar Lavater mean by: Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise. - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland Copy
+ Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Inexplicable, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. Feraz Zeid, January 12, 2024January 12, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Air, Honesty, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Faces, Piety, Sanctity, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Anger, Mind, Wrath, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ The worst of faces still is human. Feraz Zeid, July 6, 2023December 12, 2023, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Faces, Love, Worst, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Existence, Self, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ A fop of fashion is the mercer’s friend, the tailor’s fool, and his own foe. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Fashion, Fool, Tailors, 0 - Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland
+ Dread more the blunderer’s friendship than the calumniator’s enmity. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Dread, Enmity, Friendship, 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
