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Quotes by Johann K. Lavater

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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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  • A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.
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  • He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
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  • Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
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  • Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.
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  • It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, inventions and actions of others.
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  • Never tell evil of a man, if you do not know it for certainty, and if you know it for a certainty, then ask yourself, 'Why should I tell it?'
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  • Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
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