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Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
Criminologist
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Philosopher
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
J. C. Lavater
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Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?
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Man is forever the same the same under every form, in all situations and relations that admit of free and unrestrained exertion. The same regard which you have for yourself, you have for others, for nature, for the invisible ... which you call God.
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The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.
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He scatters enjoyment who can enjoy much.
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