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You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.
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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Have I done aught of value to my fellow-men? Then have I done much for myself.
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