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It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
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City of Zurich
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Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.
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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?
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Neatness begets order but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself - the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.
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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 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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Women are proverbially credulous.
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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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Loudness is impotence.
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Who despises all that is despicable is made to be impressed with all that is grand.
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Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions.
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Good-humor is always a success.
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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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It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, mien, inventions and actions of others.
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The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
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True genius repeats itself forever, and never repeats itself--one ever varied sense beams novelty and unity on 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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Malice is poisoned by her own venom.
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