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Conscience is wiser than science.
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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City of Zurich
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Who is open without levity generous without waste secret without craft humble without meanness bold without insolence cautious without anxiety regular, yet not formal mild, yet not timid firm, yet not tyrannical - is made to pass the ordeal of honour, friendship, virtue.
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In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.
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The obstinacy of the indolent and weak is less conquerable than that of the fiery and bold.
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He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
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Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
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He who, in questions of right, virtue, or duty, sets himself above all ridicule, is truly great, and shall laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at.
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True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment.
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How few our real wants, and how vast our imaginary ones!
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He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts.
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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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Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
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