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We learn our virtues from our friends who love us our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.

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Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
Friends
Discover
Clearness
Learn
Faults
Hates
Hate
Reflection
Warmth
Cannot
Easily
Virtues
Character
Friendship
Mirror
Real
Friend
Breath
Love
Virtue
Breaths
Enemy
Mirrors
Impedes

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