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Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.
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
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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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Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
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There are no friends more inseparable than pride and hardness of heart, humility and love, falsehood and impudence.
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Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it nor at any time in the extremes of it.
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