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Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.
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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How few our real wants, and how vast our imaginary ones!
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He, who boldly interposes between a merciless censor and his prey, is a man of vigor: and he who, mildly wise, without wounding, convinces him of his error, commands our veneration.
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You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.
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