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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too most of the weak are false.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
Criminologist
Illustrator
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
J. C. Lavater
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Procrastinator
Indolent
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Procrastination
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Weak
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