JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER QUOTES IV

Swiss poet & physiognomist (1741-1801)

Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all.

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Who gives is positive; who receives is negative; still there remains an immense class of mere passives.

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The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money.

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Who will sacrifice nothing, and enjoy all, is a fool.

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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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Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity.

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attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers

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Who is fatal to others is so to himself.

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As the impudence of flattery, so the impudence of egotism.

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Who forces himself on others, is to himself a load.

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Where consequence ceases, there folly, restlessness and misery begin.

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The most stormy ebullitions of passion, from blasphemy to murder, are less terrific than one single act of cool villainy.

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The horse-laugh indicates brutality of character.

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Humility with energy is often mistaken for pride.

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Avoid the eye that discovers with rapidity the bad, and is slow to see the good.

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Who is respectable when thinking himself alone and free from observation will be so before the eye of all the world.

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The smiles that encourage severity of judgment hide malice and insincerity.

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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

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