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The immoderate cannot laugh moderately.
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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Philosopher
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.
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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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