"Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses."
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Die Welt (1909); also in A Treasury of Jewish Quotations (1985) by Joseph L. Baron
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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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