Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

Topics: Mind Quotes

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many...

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many...

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

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.

Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than...

Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than...

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can...

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can...

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...

Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious,...

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious,...

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

He who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God

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 prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise;...

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise;...

The public seldom forgive twice.

The public seldom forgive twice.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for...

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for...

Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.

Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.

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 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...

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...

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.

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?