Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaningof a passage … - Cesare Lombroso

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Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaningof a passage in his poem. He replied, "God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows."

Cesare Lombroso

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About Cesare Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso (6 November, 1835 – 19 October, 1909) was an Italian criminologist and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. He is the father of Criminology or the father of modern Criminology.

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Alternative Names: Ezechia Marco Lombroso

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Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

"Lawsuit mania"… a continual craving to go to law against others, while considering themselves the injured party.

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaningof a passage in his poem. He replied, "God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows." - Cesare Lombroso

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