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“We judge nothing so hastily as character, and yet there is nothing over which we should be more cautious… I have always found that the so-called bad people improve on closer acquaintance, while the good fall off.” quote by Georg C. Lichtenberg — Download Open image

“We judge nothing so hastily as character, and yet there is nothing over which we should be more cautious… I have always found that the so-called bad people improve on closer acquaintance, while the good fall off.”

Georg C. Lichtenberg

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