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You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.
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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When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.
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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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He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.
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