Иоганн Каспар Лафатер цитаты
Иоганн Каспар Лафатер
Дата рождения: 15. Ноябрь 1741
Дата смерти: 2. Январь 1801
Иоганн Каспар Ла́фатер — швейцарский писатель, богослов и поэт, писал на немецком языке. Заложил основы криминальной антропологии.
Цитаты Иоганн Каспар Лафатер
„Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.“
No. 398
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)
„Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed:“
As quoted in Mental Recreation; or, Select Maxims (1831), p. 234
Контексте: Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed: nature never pretends.
„Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.“
No. 305
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)
„The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.“
As quoted in Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1862) edited by Henry Southgate, p. 290
„If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.“
No. 282
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)
„Happy the heart to whom God has given enough strength and courage to suffer for Him, to find happiness in simplicity and the happiness of others.“
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 246
„The public seldom forgive twice.“
No. 595
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)
„Trust not him with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.“
No. 449
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)
„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?“
As quoted in What Billingsgate Thought: A Country Gentleman's Views on Snobbery (1919) by William Alexander Newman Dorland
„Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him.“
No. 157
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)
„Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?“
No. 260
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)
