He who attempts to make others believe in means which he himself despises is a puffer; he who makes use of more means than he knows to be necessary is a quack; and he who ascribes to those means a greater efficacy than his own experience warrants is an impostor.


Aphorisms on Man (ed. 1789)

Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

He who attempts to make others believe in means which he himself despises is a puffer; he who makes use of more means than he knows to be necessary...

He who attempts to make others believe in means which he himself despises is a puffer; he who makes use of more means than he knows to be necessary...

He who attempts to make others believe in means which he himself despises is a puffer; he who makes use of more means than he knows to be necessary...

He who attempts to make others believe in means which he himself despises is a puffer; he who makes use of more means than he knows to be necessary...