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Malice is poisoned by her own venom.
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
Johann Caspar Lavater
J. C. Lavater
j. c. lavater
Venom
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Who is fatal to others is so to himself.
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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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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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A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape it embellishes an inferior face and redeems an ugly one.
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The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
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He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware.
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Women are proverbially credulous.
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A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.
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The immoderate cannot laugh moderately.
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He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man
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Take here the grand secret if not of pleasing all, yet of displeasing none, and court mediocrity, avoid originality, and sacrifice to fashion.
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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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He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
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