Lavater is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801), Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist, and theologian
Lavater is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801), Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist, and theologian
Louis Lavater (1867–1953), Australian composer and author
Ludwig Lavater (1527–1586), Swiss Reformed theologian
“Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.”
“I am prejudiced in favour of him who can solicit boldly, without imprudence. He has faith in humanity — he has faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to give grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.”
“He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done, is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice, and never ceases nibbling.”
“The prudent sees only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both, diminishes those, makes these preponderate, and conquers.”
“Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.”
“Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?'”
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