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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
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City of Zurich
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too most of the weak are false.
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He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware.
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True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is nature's tablet, the truth is certainly written thereon.
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Faces are as legible as books, only with these circumstances to recommend them to our perusal, that they are read in much less time, and are much less likely to deceive us.
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He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
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There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.
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As a man's salutations, so is the total of his character in nothing do we lay ourselves so open as in our manner of meeting and salutation.
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Three things characterize man: person, fate, merit--the harmony of these constitutes real grandeur.
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Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.
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Loudness is impotence.
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