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The humblest star twinkles most in the darkest night.
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
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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He who attempts to make others believe in means which he himself despises is a puffer he who makes use of more means than he knows to be necessary is a quack and he who ascribes to those means a greater efficacy than his own experience warrants is an impostor.
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He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
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Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.
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Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.
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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.
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Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
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