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 honor, friendship, virtue.


Aphorisms on Man (ed. 1794)

Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes

Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety;...

Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety;...

Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety;...

Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety;...