“We should often be ashamed of our very best actions if the world only saw the motives which caused them.”

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Nous aurions souvent honte de nos plus belles actions, si le monde voyoit tous les motifs qui les produisent.
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Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

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Nous aurions souvent honte de nos plus belles actions, si le monde voyoit tous les motifs qui les produisent.

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French author of maxims and memoirs 1613–1680

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