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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
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City of Zurich
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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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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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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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He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.
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Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
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The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself - the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.
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Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed nature never pretends.
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Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
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Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.
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As man's love or hatred, so he. Love and hatred exist only personified.
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He scatters enjoyment who can enjoy much.
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The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
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Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another. If thou receivest not his words, they fly back and wound the reporter. If thou dost receive them, they fly forward and wound the receiver.
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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
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She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts.
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The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.
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Joy and grief decide character. What exalts prosperity? what imbitters grief? what leaves us indifferent? what interests us? As the interest of man, so his God - as his God, so he.
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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.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
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