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Who is open without levity generous without waste secret without craft humble without meanness bold without insolence cautious without anxiety regular, yet not formal mild, yet not timid firm, yet not tyrannical - is made to pass the ordeal of honour, friendship, virtue.

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
Writer
City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
J. C. Lavater
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Honor
Crafts
Timid
Virtue
Generous
Meanness
Open
Firm
Cautious
Ordeal
Secret
Humble
Bold
Levity
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Anxiety
Craft
Tyrannical
Made
Pass
Formal
Ordeals
Friendship
Regular
Insolence
Waste
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