If the world were to see our real motives, we should be ashamed of some of our best actions.
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Our actions are our own; their consequences belong to Heaven.
—Francis.
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What thou intendest to do, speak not of, before thou doest it.
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There is as much eloquence in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the air of a speaker, as in his choice of words.
—Rochefoucauld.