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There are no friends more inseparable than pride and hardness of heart, humility and love, falsehood and impudence.

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
j. c. lavater
Inseparable
Falsehood
Humility
Pride
Friends
Heart
Love
Impudence
Hardness

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