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And still, laughter is akin to weeping.
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
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City of Zurich
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I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.
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The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money.
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Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.
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The conscience is more wise than science.
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Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?
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How few our real wants, and how vast our imaginary ones!
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He scatters enjoyment who can enjoy much.
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Loudness is impotence.
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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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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, 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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Defeat serves to enlighten us.
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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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Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves.
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Good-humor is always a success.
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The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
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