No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
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True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
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A clever man should organize his self-interests in the order of their worth. Greediness often defeats its own end, by making us scratch for every trifle when we should dig for gold alone.
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There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.
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Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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