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a little mind it generally happens that
124.—The most deceitful persons spend their lives in blaming deceit, so as to use it on some great occasion to promote some great interest. 125.—The daily employment of cunning marks a little mind, it generally happens that those who resort to it in one respect to protect themselves lay themselves open to attack in another.
— from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld

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