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The quicker, the louder, the applause with which another tries to gain you over to his purpose - the bitterer his censure if he miss his aim.
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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City of Zurich
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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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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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He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
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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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In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.
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Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.
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He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.
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Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.
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Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
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