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Delicacy in woman is strength.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
Age: 56 †
Born: 1742
Born: July 1
Died: 1799
Died: February 24
Astronomer
French Moralist
Mathematician
Philosopher
Physicist
Scientist
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København
Delicacy
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Woman
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One should never trust a person who, while assuring you of something, puts his hands on his heart.
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