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No. 362
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Good may be done by the bad — but the good alone can be good.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Good may be done by the bad — but the good alone can be good." in the context of "No. 362" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Johann Kaspar Lavater

About Johann Kaspar Lavater

Johann Kaspar Lavater (15 November 1741 – 2 January 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher and theologian.