Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Quotes

Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann / Johann Georg Zimmermann was a Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist, and physician. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. December 1728 – 7. October 1795
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Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Quotes

“The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie;”

As quoted in Aphorisms and Reflections on Men, Morals, and Things, 1800, p. 4. http://books.google.com/books?id=vFJFAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=ZtdzIH54NC&dq=inauthor%3Ajohann%20inauthor%3Azimmermann%20%22the%20more%20you%20speak%20of%20yourself%22&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=inauthor:johann%20inauthor:zimmermann%20%22the%20more%20you%20speak%20of%20yourself%22&f=false|
Context: The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie; say but little, 'twill scarcely gain belief; so strong are partiality and envy.

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