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The countenance is more eloquent than the tongue.
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
J. C. Lavater
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What is the elevation of the soul? A prompt, delicate, certain feeling for all that is beautiful, all that is grand a quick resolution to do the greatest good by the smallest means a great benevolence joined to a great strength and great humility.
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too most of the weak are false.
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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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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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The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms.
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Truth, wisdom, love, seek reasons malice only seeks causes.
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True genius repeats itself forever, and never repeats itself--one ever varied sense beams novelty and unity on all.
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Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.
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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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No communication or gift can exhaust genius or impoverish charity.
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He scatters enjoyment who can enjoy much.
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Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur.
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You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.
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He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware.
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The more unharmonious and inconsistent your objects of desire, the more inconsequent, inconstant, unquiet, the more ignoble, idiotical, and criminal yourself.
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Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.
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As your enemies and your friends, so are you
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True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment.
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The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
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Before thou callest a man hero or genius, investigate whether his exertion has features of indelibility for all that is celestial, all genius, is the offspring of immortality.
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