Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes
Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility; for all that is celestial, all genius, is the offspring of immortality.
Citations
Lavater, Johann Caspar. Aphorisms on Man. Translated by Henry Fuseli, J. Johnson, 1788, p. 12.
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Johann Kaspar (or Caspar) Lavater was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian.