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Who trades in contradictions will not be contradicted.
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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Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.
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Who cuts is easily wounded. The readier you are to offend the sooner you are offended.
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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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He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party man.
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He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts.
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Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
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There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.
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All finery is a sign of littleness.
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He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.
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The conscience is more wise than science.
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Take here the grand secret if not of pleasing all, yet of displeasing none, and court mediocrity, avoid originality, and sacrifice to fashion.
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