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The public seldom forgive twice. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

The public seldom forgive twice.

Johann Kaspar Lavater
1773
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1773
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Johann Kaspar Lavater
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Lavater, Johann Caspar. "Annotations to Lavater's Aphorisms on Man." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.
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Lavater, Johann Caspar. Aphorisms of Man. London: J. Johnson, 1788, no. 606.

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