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You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
Criminologist
Illustrator
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
City of Zurich
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Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.
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Words are the wings of actions.
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The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety.
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Good-humor is always a success.
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Thinkers are as scarce as gold.
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The true friend of truth and good loves them under all forms, but he loves them most under the most simple form.
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