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By fools, knaves fatten by bigots, priests are well clothed every knave finds a gull.

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
Priests
Fatten
Finds
Knavery
Fool
Gulls
Wells
Knave
Well
Knaves
Every
Clothed
Bigots
Fools
Gull

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