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Women are proverbially credulous.
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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Philosopher
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Theologian
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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He who, in questions of right, virtue, or duty, sets himself above all ridicule, is truly great, and shall laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at.
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The quicker, the louder, the applause with which another tries to gain you over to his purpose - the bitterer his censure if he miss his aim.
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Defeat serves to enlighten us.
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Words are the wings of actions.
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The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
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Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?
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