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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?
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
Criminologist
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City of Zurich
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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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Softness of smile indicates softness of character.
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Too much gravity argues a shallow mind.
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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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The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
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All finery is a sign of littleness.
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There is a manner of forgiveness so divine that you are ready to embrace the offender for having called it forth.
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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.
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The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.
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The immoderate cannot laugh moderately.
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Half talent is no talent.
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Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.
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Who trades in contradictions will not be contradicted.
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