A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.
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It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
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As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.
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A slave has but one master; an ambitious man has as many masters as there are people who may be useful in bettering his position.
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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
Jean de la Bruyere
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