He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
More Quotes from Johann Kaspar Lavater:
When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.Johann Kaspar Lavater
The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
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Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.
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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his Actions.
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Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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