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Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause
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
Johann Caspar Lavater
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In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.
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Who has witnessed one free and unconstrained act of yours, has witnessed all.
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Have I done aught of value to my fellow-men? Then have I done much for myself.
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Whenever a man undergoes a considerable change, in consequence of being observed by others, whenever he assumes another gait, another language, than what he had before he thought himself observed, be advised to guard yourself against him.
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