That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole character, is a presumption likely enough in itself, and therefore a safe one to go on; borne out as it is by the fact that people are always anxious to see anyone who has made himself famous. Photography offers the most complete satisfaction of our curiosity. ✨ Counsels and Maxims. Book by Arthur Schopenhauer, transl. by T. Bailey Saunders , Vol. 2, Ch. 29, § 377, 1851.
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