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As a man's salutations, so is the total of his character in nothing do we lay ourselves so open as in our manner of meeting and salutation.
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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Too much gravity argues a shallow mind.
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Who is open without levity generous without waste secret without craft humble without meanness bold without insolence cautious without anxiety regular, yet not formal mild, yet not timid firm, yet not tyrannical - is made to pass the ordeal of honour, friendship, virtue.
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A gift--its kind, its value and appearance the silence or the pomp that attends it the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.
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You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.
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Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all.
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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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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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Man is forever the same the same under every form, in all situations and relations that admit of free and unrestrained exertion. The same regard which you have for yourself, you have for others, for nature, for the invisible ... which you call God.
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Dress is an index of your contents.
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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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All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich
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He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.
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Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.
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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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He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.
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Decided ends are sure signs of a decided character.
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He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.
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He who, silent, loves to be with us - he who loves us in our silence - has touched one of the keys that ravish hearts.
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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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