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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
Criminologist
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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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Words are the wings of actions.
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Too much gravity argues a shallow mind.
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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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Three things characterize man: person, fate, merit--the harmony of these constitutes real grandeur.
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The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.
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A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.
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The obstinacy of the indolent and weak is less conquerable than that of the fiery and bold.
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The loss of taste for what is right is loss of all right taste.
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Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?
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Conscience is wiser than science.
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In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.
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She whom smiles and tears make equally lovely may command all hearts.
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Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.
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Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.
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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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True philosophy is that which renders us to ourselves, and all others who surround us, better, and at the same time more content, more patient, more calm and more ready for all decent and pure enjoyment.
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Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
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Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.
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Whenever a man undergoes a considerable change, in consequence of being observed by others, whenever he assumes another gait, another language, than what he had before he thought himself observed, be advised to guard yourself against him.
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