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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones."

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"We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones."

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"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

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"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."

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