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Every man has his devilish minutes.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
Criminologist
Illustrator
Painter
Philosopher
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Theologian
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
J. C. Lavater
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Who cuts is easily wounded. The readier you are to offend the sooner you are offended.
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Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.
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I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.
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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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Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?
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Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it nor at any time in the extremes of it.
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Conscience is wiser than science.
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