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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
Poet
Theologian
Writer
City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
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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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The countenance is more eloquent than the tongue.
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She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts.
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The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom. - Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius.
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What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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Thinkers are as scarce as gold.
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And still, laughter is akin to weeping.
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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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Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves.
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Defeat serves to enlighten us.
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The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.
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Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
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Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.
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