Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to re-establish our character.
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We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.
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Few things are needed to make a wise man happy nothing can make a fool content.
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Nothing prevents us from being natural so much as the desire to appear so.
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