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• Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 180...
• Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
  -- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, "Maxims" 1665...
• Cockroaches have done it for millions of years, without apparent ill-effects.
• A work ill done must be twice done.
• We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 559
• Fear to do ill, and you need fear nought else. -- Ben Frankli
• A good word is an easy obligation, but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.
  -- Tillotso...
• Hating anything in the way of ill-natured gossip ourselves, we are always grateful to those who do it for us and do it well.
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