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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

Samuel Johnson

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Es ist gefährlich für sterbliche Schönheit oder terrestrische Tugend, von zu starkem Licht untersucht zu werden. Die Fackel der Wahrheit zeigt viel, was wir nicht sehen können und alles, was wir nicht sehen würden.

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