277 Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater

He who comes from the kitchen, smells of its smoke; and he who adheres to a sect, has something of its cant; the college air pursues the student; and dry inhumanity him who herds with literary pedants.

Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest Him.

The enemy of art is the enemy of nature; art is nothing but the highest sagacity and exertions of human nature; and what nature will he honor who honors not the human?

Dress is an index of your contents.

He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts.

Whenever a man undergoes a considerable change, in consequence of being observed by others, whenever he assumes another gait, another language, than what he had before he thought himself observed, be advised to guard yourself against him.

All finery is a sign of littleness.

She neglects her heart who too closely studies her glass.