If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
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- Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
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- I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.
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