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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.
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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Painter
Philosopher
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Theologian
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City of Zurich
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Loudness is impotence.
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The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.
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Malice is poisoned by her own venom.
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Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur.
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Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.
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The enemy of art is the enemy of nature art is nothing but the highest sagacity and exertion of human nature and what nature will he honour who honours not the human?
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The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
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What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?
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Conscience is wiser than science.
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The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
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Who despises all that is despicable is made to be impressed with all that is grand.
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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 who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.
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If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.
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Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.
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Who cuts is easily wounded. The readier you are to offend the sooner you are offended.
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