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A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape it embellishes an inferior face and redeems an ugly one.
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
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The ambitious sacrifices all to what he terms honor, as the miser all to money.
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