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It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.
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It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute’s delay or advance.
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To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained – who can say this is not greatness?
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Humor is wit and love.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
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Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.
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There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.
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A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
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What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, “Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long.”
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Business first; pleasure afterwards.
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