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Duty Quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater

“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.” quote by Johann Kaspar Lavater — Download Open image

“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.”

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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