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Who knows whence he comes, where he is, and whither he tends, he, and he alone, is wise.
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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The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.
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Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.
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Conscience is wiser than science.
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Who trades in contradictions will not be contradicted.
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