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A great passion has no partner.
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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Philosopher
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City of Zurich
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, mien, inventions and actions of others.
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He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.
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Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause
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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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Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur.
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She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts.
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Neatness begets order but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
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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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Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.
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He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.
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The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
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He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.
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He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs
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