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Troops of furies march in the drunkard's triumph.
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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The weak may be joked out of anything but their weakness.
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Silence is the safest response for all the contradiction that arises from impertinence, vulgarity, or envy.
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Many species of wit are quite mechanical these are the favorites of witlings, whose fame in words scarce outlives the remembrance of their funeral ceremonies.
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The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie.
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