"Es ist doch den Mädchen wie angeboren, dass sie allem gefallen wollen, was nur Augen hat."
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Salomon Gessner
Salomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls. He was a co-founder of the Helvetic Society and the first publisher and editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
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