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Who is fatal to others is so to himself.
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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Philosopher
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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He who prorogues the honesty of today till to-morrow will probably prorogue his to-morrows to eternity.
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Learn the value of a man's words and expressions, and you know him. Each man has a measure of his own for everything this he offers you inadvertently in his words. He who has a superlative for everything wants a measure for the great or small.
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Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.
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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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The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms.
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Who is open without levity generous without waste secret without craft humble without meanness bold without insolence cautious without anxiety regular, yet not formal mild, yet not timid firm, yet not tyrannical - is made to pass the ordeal of honour, friendship, virtue.
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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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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Defeat serves to enlighten us.
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The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety.
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Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.
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The countenance is more eloquent than the tongue.
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Dress is an index of your contents.
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Malice is poisoned by her own venom.
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Whenever a man undergoes a considerable change, in consequence of being observed by others, whenever he assumes another gait, another language, than what he had before he thought himself observed, be advised to guard yourself against him.
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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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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 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 who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.
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He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
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