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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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Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
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Chance Kind Lose Word
Never marry with the expectation of changing a person.
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Change Expectation Marriage Person
Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.
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Active Confidence Friendship Man Modesty Peace
Pray God, keep us simple.
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God Prayer Simplicity
When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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Heaven Look Love Myself Paradise Relationship See Thinking Yourself
Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
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Forget Friendship True
Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.
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Action Feeling
Life without laughing is a dreary blank.
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Empty Laughter Life
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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Desire Happiness Ourselves Satisfaction World
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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Change Heart Life Lover Man Oneself Preparation Quick Sad Woman
People hate as they love, unreasonably.
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Hate Love People Reason
Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.
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Empty Fake Fools Place Pretend Vanity Wickedness
Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.
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Death Exception Happiness Sorry
A person can’t help their birth.
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Born Fate Help One Liner Person
An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.
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Believe Life Mortal Percentage
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
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Face Man Reflection World

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