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“He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.” Confucius, “Analects”

“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” - 1847

“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” - 1890

“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” - 1947

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