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Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions.
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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There is a manner of forgiveness so divine that you are ready to embrace the offender for having called it forth.
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All finery is a sign of littleness.
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Malice is poisoned by her own venom.
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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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You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.
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