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Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.

Who partakes in another's joys is a more humane character than he who partakes in his griefs.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Grief, Character, Joy
"Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Ambition, Sacrifice, Honor

There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Wise, Mind, Restless
"Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of whatever is little.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Curiosity, May, Littles

Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another. If thou receivest not his words, they fly back and wound the reporter. If thou dost receive them, they fly forward and wound the receiver.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Ears, Mouths, Slander

Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Silence, Speech, Values

Who affects useless singularities has surely a little mind.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Mind, Useless, Littles
"Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

He scatters enjoyment who can enjoy much.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Enjoy, Enjoyment
"Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Vigor, Genius, Talent
"Aphorisms on Man" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, (c. 1788).

Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Weak, Stubbornness

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Men, Ears, Study

He knows not how to speak who cannot be silent; still less how to act with vigour and decision. - Who hastens to the end is silent: loudness is impotence.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
Silence, Decision, Vigor
"Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

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