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"Il n'est si homme de bien, qu'il mette à l'examen des lois toutes ses actions et pensées, qui ne soit pendable dix fois en sa vie. (There is no man so virtuous that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the law, he would not deserve to be hanged ten times in his life.)"
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"The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive."
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"Life is indeed terribly complicated-to a man who has lost his principles."
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