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The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety.
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
J. C. Lavater
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If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.
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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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Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of whatever is little.
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The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.
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Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
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Faces are as legible as books, only with these circumstances to recommend them to our perusal, that they are read in much less time, and are much less likely to deceive us.
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Have I done aught of value to my fellow-men? Then have I done much for myself.
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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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He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
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The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms.
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