He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

Topics: Genius Quotes

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my...

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted...

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a...

Call him wise whose actions, words, and steps are all a clear because to a...

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same...

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same...

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and...

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine...

A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself.

A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself.

Smiling like an idiot while having an amazing conversation with your bestfriend.

Smiling like an idiot while having an amazing conversation with your bestfriend.

Promise you won't forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.

Promise you won't forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.