"People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children."
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"People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children."
"Let us forget and forgive injuries."
"There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding."
"Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest."
"No woman allows her lover to descend from his pedestal. Even a god is not forgiven the slightest pettiness."