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Thinkers are as scarce as gold.
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
J. C. Lavater
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Thinkers
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If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.
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Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
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Certain trifling flaws sit as disgracefully on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress.
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Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
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All finery is a sign of littleness.
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Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.
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Words are the wings of actions.
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As your enemies and your friends, so are you
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Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all.
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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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