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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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The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money.
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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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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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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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The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.
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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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Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.
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To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.
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Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.
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She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts.
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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 makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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The greatest of characters, no doubt, would be he, who, free of all trifling accidental helps, could see objects through one grand immutable medium, always at hand, and proof against illusion and time, reflecting every object in its true shape and colour through all the fluctuation of things.
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He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
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Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur.
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The immoderate cannot laugh moderately.
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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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Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
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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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