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A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.
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
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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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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Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all.
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Neatness begets order but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
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The true friend of truth and good loves them under all forms, but he loves them most under the most simple form.
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