“Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue.” LyingVirtueSacredTemptationBetraySummitProfane Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety; regular, yet not formal; mild, yet not timid; firm, yet not tyrannical - is made to pass the ordeal of honour, friendship, virtue.” MadeSecretVirtueHonorWasteAnxietyHumbleCraftsFirmGenerousFormalCautiousMeannessOrdealsInsolenceLevity Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening and speaking is the base of social virtues.” SpeakSocialVirtueTalentListeningConversationProportion Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“He who, in questions of right, virtue, or duty, sets himself above all ridicule, is truly great, and shall laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at.” EndsLaughingVirtueGreatnessDutyLaughedRidiculeMirth Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
“What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.” MenCountryAsksVirtueOughtMy FriendsNeighborMy TimeVirtuousCitizenshipWorld Citizen Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater
