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“He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.” Confucius, Analects
“There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account.” Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.” Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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