Johann Kaspar Lavater Quote

Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent.


Aphorisms on Man (ed. 1794)


Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he...

Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he...

Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he...

Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he...