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Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
Criminologist
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City of Zurich
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