Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAYI set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
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Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
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It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends.
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There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.
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Love makes fools of us all, big and little.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
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Humor is wit and love.
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Every man ought to be in love a few times in his life, and to have a smart attack of the fever. You are better for it when it is over: the better for your misfortune, if you endure it with a manly heart; how much the better for success, if you win it and a good wife into the bargain!
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Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.
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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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A good laugh is sunshine in the house.
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Bravery never goes out of fashion.
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Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?
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Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.
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All is vanity, nothing is fair.
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