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  • Physiognomy is not a guide that has been given us by which to judge of the character of men: it may only serve us for conjecture.
    [Fr., La physionomie n'est pas une regle qui nous soit donnee pour juger des hommes; elle nous peut servir de conjecture.]

    "Les Caractères", XII, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 97-106,