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Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in 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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Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions.
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A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape it embellishes an inferior face and redeems an ugly one.
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The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom. - Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius.
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He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party man.
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