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Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another. If thou receivest not his words, they fly back and wound the reporter. If thou dost receive them, they fly forward and wound the receiver.
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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When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.
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Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all.
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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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Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.
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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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Do not believe that a book is good, if in reading it thou dost not become more contented with thy existence, if it does not rouse up in thee most generous feelings.
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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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Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
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The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.
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True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is nature's tablet, the truth is certainly written thereon.
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