The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
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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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Taste may change, but inclination never.
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Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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However brilliant an action, it should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great motive.
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