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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
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man
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A gift--its kind, its value and appearance the silence or the pomp that attends it the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.
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As man's love or hatred, so he. Love and hatred exist only personified.
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To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.
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Loudness is impotence.
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Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves.
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Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur.
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Three things characterize man: person, fate, merit--the harmony of these constitutes real grandeur.
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All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich
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