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Him, who incessantly laughs i...

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

What do I owe to my times, to...

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

Action, looks, words, steps, ...

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

You may tell a man thou art a...

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.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

Have you ever seen a pedant w...

Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?

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If you wish to appear agreeab...

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.

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You may depend upon it that h...

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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I am prejudiced in favor of h...

I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

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Neatness begets order; but fr...

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

Mistrust the person who finds...

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.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

Who in the same given time ca...

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.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

To realize that you were mist...

To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

Where there is much pretensio...

Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

Learn the value of a man's wo...

Learn the value of a man's words and expressions, and you know him. Each man has a measure of his own for everything; this he offers you inadvertently in his words. He who has a superlative for everything wants a measure for the great or small.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

Man without religion is a dis...

Man without religion is a diseased creature, who would persuade himself he is well and needs not a physician; but woman without religion is raging and monstrous.

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The conscience is more wise t...

The conscience is more wise than science.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

Who cuts is easily wounded. T...

Who cuts is easily wounded. The readier you are to offend the sooner you are offended.

Johann Kaspar Lavater 277 quotes

Who is open without levity; g...

Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety; regular, yet not formal; mild, yet not timid; firm, yet not tyrannical - is made to pass the ordeal of honour, friendship, virtue.

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He who sedulously attends, po...

He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man

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If you mean to know yourself,...

If you mean to know yourself, interline such of these aphorisms as affect you agreeably in reading, and set a mark to such as left a sense of uneasiness with you; and then show your copy to whom you please.

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....