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Johann Kaspar Lavater

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

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If someone looks through your private belongings without permission when you are not there, it shows they do not respect your privacy. Therefore, you should not share personal information with someone who behaves this way because they cannot be trusted to keep secrets.

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