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Who cuts is easily wounded. The readier you are to offend the sooner you are offended.
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
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When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.
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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 generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.
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