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Johann Kaspar Lavater: Speak no evil of a man if you know it not of him for certain, and if you do…

Speak no evil of a man if you know it not of him for certain, and if you do know it, then ask yourself, "Why do I tell it?

In today’s wordsSpeak no evil of someone unless you know it for certain, and if you do know it, ask yourself, "Why am I telling this?"

Johann Kaspar LavaterCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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