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He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man
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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There is a manner of forgiveness so divine that you are ready to embrace the offender for having called it forth.
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The loss of taste for what is right is loss of all right taste.
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Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
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He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.
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And still, laughter is akin to weeping.
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Obstinacy is the strength of the weak. Firmness founded upon principle, upon the truth and right, order and law, duty and generosity, is the obstinacy of sages.
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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.
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