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Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money.

Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

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Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
Age: 66 †
Born: 1728
Born: December 8
Died: 1795
Died: October 7
Botanist
Physician
Writer
Brugg AG
J.G.Zimm.
Johann Georg Zimmermann
Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
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Money
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