Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.
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The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.
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No accident so grave but that the clever man can turn it to some good no luck so great but that the fool can twist it to his hurt.
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One gets into situations in life from which it is necessary to be a little mad to extricate oneself successfully.
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We pardon to the extent that we love.
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Almost all our faults are more pardonable than the methods we resort to to hide them.
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