Zitate von Johann Kaspar Lavater
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O welch ein Unterschied: Die Wahrheit aussprechen und die Wahrheit empfinden!
Informationen über Johann Kaspar Lavater
Theologe, Philosoph, Schriftsteller, "Jesus Christus oder Die Zukunft des Herrn", "Joseph von Arimathia", "Abraham und Isaak", "Reise nach Kopenhagen im Sommer 1793", "Handbibliothek für Freunde", "Nathanael" (Schweiz, 1741 - 1801).
Johann Kaspar Lavater · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Johann Kaspar Lavater wäre heute 282 Jahre, 5 Monate, 13 Tage oder 103.163 Tage alt.
Geboren am 15.11.1741 in Zürich
Gestorben am 02.01.1801 in Zürich
Sternzeichen: ♏ Skorpion
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Weitere 82 Zitate von Johann Kaspar Lavater
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It is one of my favorite thoughts, that God manifests himself to mankind in all wise, good, humble, generous, great and magnanimous men.
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Let us be cheerful in the dark days of affliction in sure hope of better days to come.
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Mistrust the man who finds everything good; the man who finds everything evil; and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
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Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.
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Never tell evil of a man if you do not know it for a certainty; and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, "Why should I tell it?"
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Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy of sages.
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Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
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The cruelty of the weak is more dreadful than that of the strong.
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The generous who is always just, and the just who is always generous, may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.
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The habit of sneering marks the egotist, the fool, or the knave, or all three.
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The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak but commonly false too; most of the weak are false.
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The proverbial wisdom of the populace at gates, on roads, and in markets, instructs him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously arranged.
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The qualities of your friends will be those of your enemies, cold friends, cold enemies; half friends, half enemies; fervid enemies, warm friends.
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Thinkers are scarce as gold; but he whose thoughts embrace all his subject, pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is a diamond of enormous size.
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Volatility of words is carelessness in actions; words are the wings of actions.
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Weaknesses, so called, are nothing more nor less than vice in disguise.
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What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.
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Who gives a triffle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
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Who makes quick us of the moment is a genius of prudence.