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Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed nature never pretends.
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
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Theologian
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
J. C. Lavater
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Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another. If thou receivest not his words, they fly back and wound the reporter. If thou dost receive them, they fly forward and wound the receiver.
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Thinkers are as scarce as gold.
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Neatness begets order but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
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Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause
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