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Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
Criminologist
Illustrator
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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Hatred
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Loved
Causes
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He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
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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 submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
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Truth, wisdom, love, seek reasons malice only seeks causes.
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A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.
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Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.
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Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.
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Have I done aught of value to my fellow-men? Then have I done much for myself.
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Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
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Defeat serves to enlighten us.
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He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs
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It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.
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