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The quicker, the louder, the applause with which another tries to gain you over to his purpose - the bitterer his censure if he miss his aim.
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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Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.
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The procrastinator is not only indolent and weak, but commonly, false, too most of the weak are false.
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