The cruelty of the effeminate is more dreadful than that of the hardy.
Attributed quotes — Johann Kaspar Lavater
1741–1801 Switzerland
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The freer you feel yourself in the presence of another, the more free is he.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The manner of giving shows the character of the giver more than the gift itself.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The more anyone speaks of himself the less he likes to hear another talked of.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The obstinacy of the indolent and weak is less conquerable than that of the fiery and bold.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The proportion of genius to the vulgar is like one to a million.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Trust him not with your secrets who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Who has a daring eye tells downright truths and downright lies.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Who partakes in another’s joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Johann Kaspar Lavater (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.