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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
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