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The enemy of art is the enemy of nature art is nothing but the highest sagacity and exertion of human nature and what nature will he honour who honours not the human?
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
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Theologian
Writer
City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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Who trades in contradictions will not be contradicted.
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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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Who despises all that is despicable is made to be impressed with all that is grand.
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Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it nor at any time in the extremes of it.
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The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.
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Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions.
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Defeat serves to enlighten us.
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Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.
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Who is fatal to others is so to himself.
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A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.
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Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.
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