We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.
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The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
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Some people with great virtues are disagreeable, while others with great vices are delightful.
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What the superior man seeks is in himself what the small man seeks is in others.
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We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity.
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We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.
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