To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYThe world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.
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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don’t know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.
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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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Bad husbands will make bad wives.
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I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man’s moral senses.
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To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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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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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
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When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.
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Kindness is very indigestible. It disagrees with very proud stomachs.
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One of the greatest of a great man’s qualities is success; ‘t is the result of all the others; ‘t is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.
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