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Good-humor is always a success.

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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Humor
Success
Good
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All finery is a sign of littleness.
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Dress is an index of your contents.
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Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
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As your enemies and your friends, so are you
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Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.
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