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Certain trifling flaws sit as disgracefully on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress.
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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How few our real wants, and how vast our imaginary ones!
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