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To know how to hide one’s ability is great skill.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
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We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship.
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