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The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
Age: 59 †
Born: 1741
Born: November 15
Died: 1801
Died: January 2
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City of Zurich
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