Johann Kaspar Lavater
Swiss theologist and mysticist
Lived from: 1741 - 1801
Category: Theologians and clergy Country: 
Switzerland
Born: 15 november 1741 Died: 2 january 1801
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Intuition is the clear concept of the whole at once.
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Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.
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Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.
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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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Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.
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Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
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Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.
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The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.
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The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.
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The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.
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There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.
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There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
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To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.
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Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
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Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.
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Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.
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Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.
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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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You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.
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