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Softness of smile indicates softness of character.
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
Poet
Theologian
Writer
City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
J. C. Lavater
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Loudness is impotence.
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The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety.
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The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money.
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All finery is a sign of littleness.
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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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He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party man.
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Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause
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Every man has his devilish minutes.
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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.
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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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