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• He who prorogues the honesty of today till to-morrow will probably prorogue his to-morrows to eternity.

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  Honesty, Delay, Today

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• Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.

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  Envy, Perfection, Faults

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• His calumny is not only the greatest benefit a rogue can confer on us, but the only service he will perform for nothing.

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  Calumny Is, Benefits, Rogues

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• Humility with energy is often mistaken for pride.

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  Humility, Pride, Energy

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• Thinkers are scarce as gold; but he whose thoughts embrace all his subject, and who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is a diamond of enormous size.

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  Fearless, Gold, Size

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• All finery is a sign of littleness.

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  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

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• The quicker, the louder, the applause with which another tries to gain you over to his purpose - the bitterer his censure if he miss his aim.

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  Missing, Trying, Purpose

  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

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• The true friend of truth and good loves them under all forms, but he loves them most under the most simple form.

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  True Friend, Good Love, Simple

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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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  Wise, Men, Errors

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• Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

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  Inspirational, Wise, Men

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• The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself - the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.

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  Enjoy, Enjoyment, Vigorous

  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, New-York: re-printed by T. and J. Swords, for Berry and Rogers, Hanover-Square, 1790.

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Agreement

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• He is incapable of a truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.

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  Appreciation, Action, Pleasure

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• Who is fatal to others is so to himself.

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  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

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• Decided ends are sure signs of a decided character.

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  Character, Ends, Decided

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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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  Smile, Spiritual, Character

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• Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

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  Friendship, Three, Lost

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• Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.

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  Men, Ideas, Desire

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

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

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  Character, Looks, May

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• A single spark of occasion discharges the child of passions into a thousand crackers of desire.

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  Children, Passion, Desire

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• The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

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  Time, Next, Morality

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• Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.

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  Degrees, Egotism

  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

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• The more unharmonious and inconsistent your objects of desire, the more inconsequent, inconstant, unquiet, the more ignoble, idiotical, and criminal yourself.

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  Desire, Criminals, Ignoble

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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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  Time, Vehement, Cold

  "Aphorisms on Man" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, (c. 1788).

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