Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.
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There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other.
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The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.
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No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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