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Indolent people, whatever taste they may have for society, seek eagerly for pleasure, and find nothing. They have an empty head and seared hearts.

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
May
Hearts
Find
Seek
Nothing
Empty
Heart
Taste
People
Head
Seared
Pleasure
Indolent
Whatever
Eagerly
Society
Idleness

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