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He who, in questions of right, virtue, or duty, sets himself above all ridicule, is truly great, and shall laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at.
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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He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.
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He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.
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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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There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.
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Malice is poisoned by her own venom.
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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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The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money.
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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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Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?
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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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Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause
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Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.
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