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Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
Criminologist
Illustrator
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Philosopher
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too most of the weak are false.
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What is the elevation of the soul? A prompt, delicate, certain feeling for all that is beautiful, all that is grand a quick resolution to do the greatest good by the smallest means a great benevolence joined to a great strength and great humility.
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The public seldom forgive twice.
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Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of whatever is little.
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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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Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
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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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How few our real wants, and how vast our imaginary ones!
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Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?
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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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Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause
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