Johann K Lavater quotes - Page : 6

" The public seldom forgive twice. " # Forgiveness

" Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride; the phlegmatic emerged from indolence; and the melancholy who has dismissed avarice, suspicion and asperity. " # Anger # Character # Pride

" If you mean to know yourself, interline such of these aphorisms as affect you agreeably in reading, and set a mark to such as left a sense of uneasiness with you; and then show your copy to whom you please. " # Aphorisms and Epigrams # Imitation # Books - Reading

" Stubborness is the strength of the weak. " # Strength

" Too much gravity argues a shallow mind. " # Argument # Love # Humor