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He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.
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
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Theologian
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City of Zurich
Johann Caspar Lavater
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Who cuts is easily wounded. The readier you are to offend the sooner you are offended.
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The wrath that on conviction subsides into mildness, is the wrath of a generous mind.
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The humblest star twinkles most in the darkest night.
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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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