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Half talent is no talent.

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
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He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.
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Do not believe that a book is good, if in reading it thou dost not become more contented with thy existence, if it does not rouse up in thee most generous feelings.
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As a man's salutations, so is the total of his character in nothing do we lay ourselves so open as in our manner of meeting and salutation.
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Women are proverbially credulous.
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Loudness is impotence.
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Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
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The most stormy ebullitions of passion, from blasphemy to murder, are less terrific than one single act of cool villainy.
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Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.
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Who cuts is easily wounded. The readier you are to offend the sooner you are offended.
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Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all.
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There are no friends more inseparable than pride and hardness of heart, humility and love, falsehood and impudence.
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He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.
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Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.
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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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Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.
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Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
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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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Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
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Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.
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Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.
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